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Nice silver drachm of Rajuvula (c.10-25 AD), Mathura?, Indo-Scythians

Nice silver drachm of Rajuvula (c.10-25 AD), Mathura?, Indo-Scythians

$ 36.93

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    Description

    Diademed bust of Rajuvula right, crude BASILEPS SPTROS around /
    Athena Promachos
    standing left, holding shield and hurling thunderbolt (copying the earlier Indo-Greek issues),
    Chatrapasa apratihatachakrasa
    in Kharoshti around, different control marks in fields. 13mm, 2.25 grams. Mint of Mathura?.  Mitchener ACW 2500; Senior 151.20. SKU T1893-52539
    Nice silver, much nicer than most coins of Rajuvula.
    Rujuvula was a Satrap of Chach, and later of Jammu, which he took from the Greeks. Later, after capturing Mathura, he assumed the title of Mahakshatrapa, which he held until his death in ca.1/10 AD.