Archaic Silver Punch Marked, usually attributed to Avanti Janapada, Upper Chambal- Kali Sindh valley region, Karshapana, 3.44g, “Nagda Hoard” type, Uniface, Obv: four symbols, ABCD configuration- 1. Elephant facing right, 2. Bull walking to right 3. Four diamonds in a fourt-part grid 4. Large nandipada between crescents on obverse (Rajgor series 22). Extremely fine, extremely rare.
The coins discovered in the Nagda hoard were distributed through the late Shailendra Singh Sharma and published by Dr S K Bhatt. They constitute a very early series of 4-symbol coins with ABCD configuration, found to the West of the Yamuna-Gangetic divide.