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Taxila 185-160 BC AE AE20 11.13 g 2.22 cm 2.41 cm 3h

obverse: elephant stg r three-arched hill surmounted by crescent above
reverse: lion stg l swastika above, 3-arched hill crescent above l; all within incuse square
AICR 1081-2; MACW 4402; HGC 12, 772
Schulman auction 271 (Nov 1980) lot 2789 (9/22) 

Post Mauryan Empire 321-185 BC
Taxila (north Pakistan) important city on a (silk) trade route