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Shatamana from Ghandara Kingdom

600–500 B.C.

Silver

11.42 g
The Ernest Collection in memory of Israel Myers
2007.182.5
Geography: 
Made in Ghandara Kingdom
Status: 
By appointment, Pratt Study Room
Culture: 
Afghanistan, Indian
Period: 
6th century B.C.
Classification: 
Numismatics
Provenance: 

Ancient Coins Canada, Canada, to about 2007; Anonymous, San Francisco, to 2007; Yale University Art Gallery, New Haven, Conn.

Bibliography: 

“Acquisitions, July 1, 2007–June 30, 2008,” Yale University Art Gallery Bulletin (2008): 192.

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