★ A very attractive and unusually complete Sunga issue ★

INDIA, Post-Mauryan (Sunga). Sunga Kingdom. Uncertain king. AE (Bronze, 14x14 mm, 3.54 g, 3 h), circa 2nd century BC. Elephant advancing left with indradhavaja below; to left, inverted taurine with swastika below. Rev. Three-arched hill above hollow cross on the left; Taurine above tree-in-railing on the right. MACW 4290. Pieper 190. A very attractive and unusually complete example. Some deposits on the reverse, otherwise, good very fine.

From a collection of coins from Central Asia.

The uninscribed cast copper coins (UCCC) of northern India are the earliest copper coins issued in the subcontinent.