c. 600 BCE - 1200 CE
Ancient India Coins
India’s earliest money moved from punch-marked silver to portrait coins and classical gold. Read symbols, scripts and dynasties across nearly two millennia of experimentation.
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Drachm · ND (No Date)
Menander II
- Year
- ND (No Date)
- Mint
- 2 Mints
- Weight
- 1.64 g
- Diameter
- 17 mm
- Catalogue
- CI-BAC-B16-010
- Year
- ND (No Date)
- Mint
- 2 Mints
- Metal
- Silver
- Weight / Diameter
- 1.64 g · 17 mm
Drachm · ND (No Date)
Strato I
- Year
- ND (No Date)
- Mint
- 2 Mints
- Weight
- 2.41 g
- Diameter
- 17 mm
- Catalogue
- CI-BAC-B12-001
- Year
- ND (No Date)
- Mint
- 2 Mints
- Metal
- Silver
- Weight / Diameter
- 2.41 g · 17 mm
Drachm · ND (No Date)
Strato II with Strato III
- Year
- ND (No Date)
- Mint
- 2 Mints
- Weight
- 2.31 g
- Diameter
- 15 mm
- Catalogue
- CI-DYN-B23-018
- Year
- ND (No Date)
- Mint
- 2 Mints
- Metal
- Silver
- Weight / Diameter
- 2.31 g · 15 mm
Drachm · ND (No Date)
Strato II
- Year
- ND (No Date)
- Mint
- 2 Mints
- Weight
- 2.11 g
- Diameter
- 15 mm
- Catalogue
- CI-DYN-B23-016
- Year
- ND (No Date)
- Mint
- 2 Mints
- Metal
- Silver
- Weight / Diameter
- 2.11 g · 15 mm
Drachm · ND (No Date)
Strato III?
- Year
- ND (No Date)
- Mint
- 2 Mints
- Weight
- 1.78 g
- Diameter
- 17-19 mm
- Catalogue
- CI-DYN-B23-022
- Year
- ND (No Date)
- Mint
- 2 Mints
- Metal
- Silver
- Weight / Diameter
- 1.78 g · 17-19 mm
hemi-obol / Quadruple · ND (No Date)
Apollodotus II
- Year
- ND (No Date)
- Mint
- 2 Mints
- Weight
- 10.14 g
- Diameter
- 25 mm
- Catalogue
- CI-DYN-B21-017
- Year
- ND (No Date)
- Mint
- 2 Mints
- Metal
- Copper
- Weight / Diameter
- 10.14 g · 25 mm
hemi-obol / Quadruple · ND (No Date)
Hippostratos
- Year
- ND (No Date)
- Mint
- 2 Mints
- Weight
- 8.49 g
- Diameter
- 24 × 22 mm
- Catalogue
- CI-DYN-B22-009
- Year
- ND (No Date)
- Mint
- 2 Mints
- Metal
- Copper
- Weight / Diameter
- 8.49 g · 24 × 22 mm
hemi-obol / Quadruple · ND (No Date)
Strato I
- Year
- ND (No Date)
- Mint
- 2 Mints
- Weight
- 8.63 g
- Diameter
- 20 × 18 mm
- Catalogue
- CI-BAC-B12-002
- Year
- ND (No Date)
- Mint
- 2 Mints
- Metal
- Copper
- Weight / Diameter
- 8.63 g · 20 × 18 mm
Hemidrachm · 171-145 BCE
Eucratides I
- Year
- 171-145 BCE
- Mint
- 2 Mints
- Weight
- 2.05 g
- Diameter
- Unspecified
- Catalogue
- CI-BAC-B08-005
- Year
- 171-145 BCE
- Mint
- 2 Mints
- Metal
- Silver
- Weight / Diameter
- 2.05 g · Unspecified
Hemidrachm · 174-165 BCE
Antimachus I
- Year
- 174-165 BCE
- Mint
- 2 Mints
- Weight
- 2.01 g
- Diameter
- 15 mm
- Catalogue
- CI-BAC-B07-030
- Year
- 174-165 BCE
- Mint
- 2 Mints
- Metal
- Silver
- Weight / Diameter
- 2.01 g · 15 mm
Hemidrachm · 174-165 BCE
Apollodotus I
- Year
- 174-165 BCE
- Mint
- 2 Mints
- Weight
- 1.74 g
- Diameter
- 14 mm
- Catalogue
- CI-BAC-B09-025
- Year
- 174-165 BCE
- Mint
- 2 Mints
- Metal
- Silver
- Weight / Diameter
- 1.74 g · 14 mm
hexa-chalkon / Sextuple Unit · 200-185 BCE
Demetrios I
- Year
- 200-185 BCE
- Mint
- 2 Mints
- Weight
- 20.81 g
- Diameter
- 33 mm
- Catalogue
- CI-BAC-B06-055
- Year
- 200-185 BCE
- Mint
- 2 Mints
- Metal
- Copper
- Weight / Diameter
- 20.81 g · 33 mm
Hexachalkon · ND (No Date)
Azes
- Year
- ND (No Date)
- Mint
- 2 Mints
- Weight
- 12.89 g
- Diameter
- 25 × 25 mm
- Catalogue
- CI-DYN-B25-006
- Year
- ND (No Date)
- Mint
- 2 Mints
- Metal
- Copper
- Weight / Diameter
- 12.89 g · 25 × 25 mm
Hippostratos · ND (No Date)
Hippostratos
- Year
- ND (No Date)
- Mint
- 2 Mints
- Weight
- 11.71 g
- Diameter
- 26 × 26 mm
- Catalogue
- CI-DYN-B22-010
- Year
- ND (No Date)
- Mint
- 2 Mints
- Metal
- Copper
- Weight / Diameter
- 11.71 g · 26 × 26 mm
Hippostratos · ND (No Date)
Hippostratos
- Year
- ND (No Date)
- Mint
- 2 Mints
- Weight
- 6.15 g
- Diameter
- 21 × 21 mm
- Catalogue
- CI-DYN-B22-011
- Year
- ND (No Date)
- Mint
- 2 Mints
- Metal
- Copper
- Weight / Diameter
- 6.15 g · 21 × 21 mm
Indo-Greek: Apollodotus I · 174-165 BCE
Apollodotus I
- Year
- 174-165 BCE
- Mint
- 2 Mints
- Weight
- 5.48 g
- Diameter
- 17 × 18 mm
- Catalogue
- CI-BAC-B09-029
- Year
- 174-165 BCE
- Mint
- 2 Mints
- Metal
- Copper
- Weight / Diameter
- 5.48 g · 17 × 18 mm
Indo-Greek: Eucratides I · 171-145 BCE
Eucratides I
- Year
- 171-145 BCE
- Mint
- 2 Mints
- Weight
- 3.27 g
- Diameter
- 20 × 21 mm
- Catalogue
- CI-BAC-B08-031
- Year
- 171-145 BCE
- Mint
- 2 Mints
- Metal
- Copper
- Weight / Diameter
- 3.27 g · 20 × 21 mm
Indo-Greek: Eucratides I · 171-145 BCE
Eucratides I
- Year
- 171-145 BCE
- Mint
- 2 Mints
- Weight
- 4.69 g
- Diameter
- 17 × 18 mm
- Catalogue
- CI-BAC-B08-034
- Year
- 171-145 BCE
- Mint
- 2 Mints
- Metal
- Copper
- Weight / Diameter
- 4.69 g · 17 × 18 mm
Indo-Greek: Eucratides I · 171-145 BCE
Eucratides I
- Year
- 171-145 BCE
- Mint
- 2 Mints
- Weight
- 8.65 g
- Diameter
- 19 × 20 mm
- Catalogue
- CI-BAC-B08-030
- Year
- 171-145 BCE
- Mint
- 2 Mints
- Metal
- Copper
- Weight / Diameter
- 8.65 g · 19 × 20 mm
Khingila Drachm · mid-5th c.
Khingila
- Year
- mid-5th c.
- Mint
- 2 Mints
- Weight
- 3.45 g
- Diameter
- 25 mm
- Catalogue
- CI-DYN-B65-001
- Year
- mid-5th c.
- Mint
- 2 Mints
- Metal
- Silver
- Weight / Diameter
- 3.45 g · 25 mm
Khingila Unit · mid-5th c.
Khingila
- Year
- mid-5th c.
- Mint
- 2 Mints
- Weight
- 1.22 g
- Diameter
- 13-14 mm
- Catalogue
- CI-DYN-B65-003
- Year
- mid-5th c.
- Mint
- 2 Mints
- Metal
- Copper
- Weight / Diameter
- 1.22 g · 13-14 mm
Menander I · 16
Menander I
- Year
- 16
- Mint
- 2 Mints
- Weight
- 40.63 g
- Diameter
- 29 × 25 mm
- Catalogue
- CI-BAC-B10-022
- Year
- 16
- Mint
- 2 Mints
- Metal
- Copper
- Weight / Diameter
- 40.63 g · 29 × 25 mm
Menander I · ND (No Date)
Menander I
- Year
- ND (No Date)
- Mint
- 2 Mints
- Weight
- 5.76 g
- Diameter
- 21 × 20 mm
- Catalogue
- CI-BAC-B10-021
- Year
- ND (No Date)
- Mint
- 2 Mints
- Metal
- Copper
- Weight / Diameter
- 5.76 g · 21 × 20 mm
Menander I · ND (No Date)
Menander I
- Year
- ND (No Date)
- Mint
- 2 Mints
- Weight
- 15.17 g
- Diameter
- 23 × 24 mm
- Catalogue
- CI-BAC-B10-023
- Year
- ND (No Date)
- Mint
- 2 Mints
- Metal
- Copper
- Weight / Diameter
- 15.17 g · 23 × 24 mm