An Encyclopaedia of Indian Archaeology v1.c8.s1.4

v1.c8.s1.4

A series of silver coins usually described as bent bars stamped with wheel or sun-like design, double in the larger denominations and single in the others, have been found in the n.-w. parts. Such coins with a definitely known provenance come from Taxila which lay within the bounds of the Persian empire from the end of the 6th to the middle of the 4th century b.c. Specimens of this series were found in an early stratum of Taxila along with punch-marked coins and a gold coin of Diodotus. Others were found along with punch-marked coins, a worn-out *siglos* and coins of Alexander and Philip Aridaeus. These finds suggest that the date of the issue of the bent bars may very well fall within the period of Persian domination over the n.-w. part of the subcontinent. An interesting feature of these bent bars is that they were struck on a Persian standard.