Single punchmark - deer on crescent surrounded by circles and taurine symbols / Traces of the old design (uncertain device surrounded by tourine symbols, squares and swastikas). 15mmx16mm, 0.95 grams. Not in Rajgor's "Punch-marked Coins of Early Historic India" (might be a misdescribed Rajgor 403d) or Mitchiner.

This coin is stuck on an older type from Surashtra Janapada, with the older design visible on the reverse. 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.