An Encyclopaedia of Indian Archaeology v1.c8.s1.t1.1

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The earliest uninscribed die-struck coins, generally in copper, with a device on only one side of the coin have been assigned to the end of the 4th century B.C. Later the devices were impressed on both sides of the coins. The finest of these were struck in Gandhāra—those bearing a lion on the obverse and an elephant on the reverse. Later on legends were introduced on this series. The double-die coins issued by the Pañcāla rulers and those of Kauśāmbī and Mathurā and the Negama coins of Taxila bear legends.