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Silver drachm, Bhartrdaman (277-295 AD) as Kshatrap, 282 AD, Indo-Sakas, India
$ 14.75
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RareSilver drachm, Bhartrdaman (277-295 AD) as Kshatrap, 282 AD, Indo-Sakas, Western India
Size:
14 mm, 2.32 grams
Bust of Bhartrdaman right, with corrupted Greek legend (Indo-Greek style / Three-arched hill or Chaitya, with river, crescent and sun, within legend in Brahmi
ajno Mahaksatrapasa Rudrasenaputrasa Rajnah Ksatrapasa Bhartrdamna
. Date in Brahmi numerals behind (204 SE/282 AD)"Studies in the Coinage of Western Kshatrapas" #667-668; Senior ISCH 356.31.
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.
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