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The Indus Script hieroglyphs are read rebus in Meluhha:
पोळा [ pōḷā ] 'zebu, bos indicus taurus' rebus: पोळा [ pōḷā ] '
satthiya 'svastika glyph' rebus: sattva, 'zinc'
Yupa 'skambha' rebus: kammaṭa 'mint'
śrivatsa is a hypertext formed of pair of fish-fins joined : aya 'fish' rebus: ayas 'alloy metal' PLUS khambhaṛā 'fish-fin' rebus: kammaṭa 'mint'.
Thus, the ancient mints of Bharatam continued to use Indus Script hieroglyphs which signified wealth-accounting resources which were used iby ancient Indian artisan and seafaring merchant guilds.
"The punchmarked Satavahana copper coins from the Eran-Vidisha area are in type and technique closely linked to the local coins circulating there before the Satavahana conquest. The legend punch on these coins is inscribed either in the name of siri satasa or siri satakanisa. Siri Satakarni can confidently be identified with Shri-Satakarni, the third Satavahana king of the Purana lists, who usually is dated to the second part of the 1st century BC. The case of Siri Sata is not completely clear as we don't have other information on his identity. His coin types suggest that his rule must have been close to Satakarni. The issue of these Satavahana coins as close copies of pre-existing local coins is an important material evidence of the incorporation of eastern Malwa into the Satavahana realm at the time of Satakarni. It was among such local coins from eastern Malwa where the Satavahanas found the locally popular modified 'Ujjain symbol' with a crescent or nandipada attached to one of its orbs which they adopted as their dynastic emblem."
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Vidisha, die-struck AE, 'horse/ chakra' type
Weight: 5.71 gm., Diameter: mm
Obv.: Bridled horse (or Bull?) standing to left.
Rev.: Chakra symbol with a decorative outer border of alternating
svastikas and srivatsa symbols.
Reference: Girish Sharma collection
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Eran, anonymous 1/2 AE karshapana, four punch 'symbol type'
Weight: 4.39 gm., Dimensions: 19x18 mm.
Railed tree on top left, flower on top right; at the bottom 'Ujjain symbol' on the right
and closed semicircle with two fish inside and two svastikas above on the left.
Blank reverse
Reference: BMC, pl. XVIII, no.12/ Pieper 484 (plate coin)
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Eran, anonymous 3/4 AE karshapana, three punch 'symbol type'
Weight: 6.10 gm., Dimensions: 22x22 mm.
Obv.: Indradhvaja, railed tree and 'Ujjain symbol'.
Rev.: Worn traces of obverse design of Ujjain undertype depicting 'bull facing railed
Indradhvaja'.
Reference: BMC, pl.XVIII, no.16 / Pieper 481 (plate coin)
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The Indus Script hieroglyphs are read rebus in Meluhha:
पोळा [ pōḷā ] 'zebu, bos indicus taurus' rebus: पोळा [ pōḷā ] '
satthiya 'svastika glyph' rebus: sattva, 'zinc'
Yupa 'skambha' rebus: kammaṭa 'mint'
śrivatsa is a hypertext formed of pair of fish-fins joined : aya 'fish' rebus: ayas 'alloy metal' PLUS khambhaṛā 'fish-fin' rebus: kammaṭa 'mint'.
Thus, the ancient mints of Bharatam continued to use Indus Script hieroglyphs which signified wealth-accounting resources which were used iby ancient Indian artisan and seafaring merchant guilds.
"The punchmarked Satavahana copper coins from the Eran-Vidisha area are in type and technique closely linked to the local coins circulating there before the Satavahana conquest. The legend punch on these coins is inscribed either in the name of siri satasa or siri satakanisa. Siri Satakarni can confidently be identified with Shri-Satakarni, the third Satavahana king of the Purana lists, who usually is dated to the second part of the 1st century BC. The case of Siri Sata is not completely clear as we don't have other information on his identity. His coin types suggest that his rule must have been close to Satakarni. The issue of these Satavahana coins as close copies of pre-existing local coins is an important material evidence of the incorporation of eastern Malwa into the Satavahana realm at the time of Satakarni. It was among such local coins from eastern Malwa where the Satavahanas found the locally popular modified 'Ujjain symbol' with a crescent or nandipada attached to one of its orbs which they adopted as their dynastic emblem."
http://coinindia.com/galleries-eran2.html
Vidisha, die-struck AE, 'horse/ chakra' type
Weight: 5.71 gm., Diameter: mm
Obv.: Bridled horse (or Bull?) standing to left.
Rev.: Chakra symbol with a decorative outer border of alternating
svastikas and srivatsa symbols.
Reference: Girish Sharma collection
http://coinindia.com/galleries-eran2.html
Eran, anonymous 1/2 AE karshapana, four punch 'symbol type'
Weight: 4.39 gm., Dimensions: 19x18 mm.
Railed tree on top left, flower on top right; at the bottom 'Ujjain symbol' on the right
and closed semicircle with two fish inside and two svastikas above on the left.
Blank reverse
Reference: BMC, pl. XVIII, no.12/ Pieper 484 (plate coin)
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Eran, anonymous 3/4 AE karshapana, three punch 'symbol type'
Weight: 6.10 gm., Dimensions: 22x22 mm.
Obv.: Indradhvaja, railed tree and 'Ujjain symbol'.
Rev.: Worn traces of obverse design of Ujjain undertype depicting 'bull facing railed
Indradhvaja'.
Reference: BMC, pl.XVIII, no.16 / Pieper 481 (plate coin)
http://coinindia.com/galleries-eran1.html