Single punchmark, a running animal (deer?) right, surrounded by smaller devices / Traces of the old design from the undertype. 15x11mm, 0.92 grams. Not in Rajgor or Mitchiner.

This is a new type, not previously reported. Lovely quality, very nice for the type.

Surashtra was a one of the original Janapadas located in the Gujarat region (modern Saurashta). It was one of the last Janapadas to fall - it was annexed to the Mauryan Empire only during the reign of Chandragupta Maurya (ca.300 BC). The scarce coins of Saurashtra were quite different from most other Indian coins of those times - there were struck using a single die, and were usually restruck with a new design on one or more occasions, resulting in quite a mess, like the one seen on this coin.