Coins Of Post Mauryan Period

Regional Coinages

Śunga Empire Coins

• Issued by Puṣyamitra Śunga and successors from Pataliputra and Vidisa.

• Copper punch-marked with five symbols on the obverse; reverse blank or inscribed with issuer’s name.

Indo-Greek and Indo-Scythian Issues

• Silver drachms and tetradrachms following Hellenistic weight standards.

• Portraits of kings on the obverse; Zeus and elephants on the reverse.

Kushana Coinage

• High-karat gold staters (dinār) with bilingual legends (Greek and Bactrian).

• Deities depicted include Oesho (Śiva), Ardoxsho (Lakshmi), and the Buddha.

Satavāhana and Southern Polities

• Continued punch-marked silver; later introduced die-struck copper featuring peacocks and the Ujjain symbol.