Punchmark (6-armed Gandharan symbol with a dot between two of the arms) // Blank. 13mmx12mm, 1.15 grams. Rajgor 578.

With a partial banker's mark on the reverse.

They were usually very carelessly struck, with extensive flat areas. Well-struck pieces like this one are rare.

Gandhara was one of the sixteen Mahājanapadas (great kingdoms) of ancient India. Centered on the cities of Taxila and Pushkalavati, Gandhara occupied a strategic position along major trade routes. It became an important center of commerce, learning, and culture, and was home to the renowned university at Taxila. Gandhara was conquered by the Achaemenid Empire in the 6th century BCE, later incorporated into the empire of Alexander the Great, and subsequently ruled by the Maurya Empire. In later centuries, the region became famous for its distinctive Greco-Buddhist art, which blended Hellenistic and Indian artistic traditions and played a major role in the spread of Buddhism across Asia.