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AR drachm of Rudrasena I (199-222 AD), 213 AD, Western Satraps in India

AR drachm of Rudrasena I (199-222 AD), 213 AD, Western Satraps in India

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    Description

    Bust of Rudrasena, with corrupted Greek legend (Indo-Greek style), date in Brahmi numerals behind (135 SE = 213 AD) / Three-arched hill or Chaitya, with river, crescent and sun, within legend in Brahmi
    Rajno Mahaksatrapasa Rudrasihasaputrasa Rajno Mahaksatrapasa Rudrasenasa
    ("of Raja Mahasatrap Rudrasena, son of Raja Mahasatrap Rudrasimha"). 14mm, 2.53 grams. Mint A. "Studies in the Coinage of Western Kshatrapas" #-; Senior ISCH 339.35AD; Fishman "The Silver Coinage of the Western Satraps in India" #13.2a.136. SKU T1118-49902
    The Western Kshatrapas, or Western Satraps, (35-405 CE) were Saka rulers of the western and central part of India (Saurashtra and Malwa: modern Gujarat, Maharashtra, Rajasthan and Madhya Pradesh states). They were contemporaneous with the Kushans who ruled the northern part of the Indian subcontinent, and the Satavahana (Andhra) who ruled in Central India.