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Silver drachm, VISVASENA (292 - 304 AD) as Kshatrap, 300 AD, Indo-Sakas, W.India

$ 12.11

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    Description

    Rare
    Indo-Sakas in Western India, s
    ilver drachm of VISVASENA (292 - 304 AD)
    as Kshatrap,
    3
    00
    AD
    Size:
    14 mm, 2.1 grams
    Bust right with close-fitting headdress; date in Brahmi numerals behind (222 Saka Era / 300 AD) Brahmi legend / Three-arched hill (chaitya), crescents and star above, river below; Brahmi legend. "Studies in the Coinage of Western Kshatrapas" #714ff.
    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.
    This coin is guaranteed to be authentic
    Stock# is1009