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Numismatics
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Shatamana or bent-bar double siglos

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
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.

Note: This electronic record was created from historic documentation that does not necessarily reflect the Yale University Art Gallery’s complete or current knowledge about the object. Review and updating of such records is ongoing.