India, Taxila (Pushkalavati)

[Xeno]

This coin was sold to me with this attribution:

India. Taxila. Post Mauryan (Punjab) 185-168 BC.
Karshapana AE

24 mm, 5,70 g

 

I have been trying to pin down a more specific attribution but am unable to do so. I am finding many coins of this type or similar but am only seeing examples with the lion standing left, none with the lion standing right as on my coin. I am less experienced with Indian coins and not sure exactly where I would look to find a version with the lion standing right. Any ancient Indian experts want to help me out? Here are a few close examples I found.

 

https://www.coinarchives.com/a/lotviewer.php?LotID=2257294&AucID=5463&Lot=266&Val=e7b4a1aa1f4f46383855f8fc2f674620

https://www.coinarchives.com/a/lotviewer.php?LotID=2250500&AucID=5450&Lot=228&Val=68667049e288309b7570aae07dcb9ea9

https://www.coinarchives.com/a/lotviewer.php?LotID=2233692&AucID=5432&Lot=275&Val=afbe7d109672e60371985ce08466b571

https://www.coinarchives.com/a/lotviewer.php?LotID=2233693&AucID=5432&Lot=276&Val=17f4921f37e9355d2bfd729eb8bdd6a3

[quant.geek]

Seems to be Pieper 1491 or a variation thereof:

 

[Xeno]

6 minutes ago, quant.geek said:

Seems to be Pieper 1491 or a variation thereof:

 

Thank you so much @quant.geek I knew I was close but didn't have access to the Pieper reference. 1491 Looks to be close to if not an exact match. 

[quant.geek]

Most of my main coin books are in storage in another state, so I can't look up the other references like Mitchiner. You might want to check the BMC catalogs to see if it is in there.  Those should be available on archive.org.

[quant.geek]

https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.62556/page/n393/mode/2up