The Early History of the Deccan (Parts I–XI) v2.c17.s2.t6: (2) The Ikṣvāku coinage
The Early History of the Deccan (Parts I–XI) v2.c17.s2.t6
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(2) The Ikṣvāku coinage
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At Nāgārjunikonda, in the excavations of 1955-6, some lead coins of two Ikṣvāku kings, Vīrapuruṣadatta and Śāntamūla, were found; they imitate one of the types of the Sātavāhanas, showing an Elephant with trunk upraised on one side and the Ujjain symbol on the other. The fragmentary legend is above the Elephant.⁴
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⁴ *Indian Archaeology*, 1955-6, p. 26.