Indische Palaographie von circa 350 a. Chr. – circa 1300 p. Chr. c21.11

c21.11

§ 46. Eraṇ-Erakina. - The coins found on the site of this ancient city in the Sāgar District are remarkable as being the finest specimens of purely native money **(Plate IV, 8)**. It is possible to trace here the development of the *punch-mark* system into the *type* system. In the place of a number of symbols punched on to the coin from time to time, there appears at a later period a definite type, made up of a collection of these symbols struck from a die. This is usually the case in those parts of India which were least affected by foreign influence (cp. inf. § 129).