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Rare silver drachm of Yasodaman II (315-332 AD), Indo-Sakas in Western India

Rare silver drachm of Yasodaman II (315-332 AD), Indo-Sakas in Western India

$ 16.89

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    Description

    Scarce small bronze trachy
    Rare silver drachm of Yasodaman II (315-332 AD), Indo-Sakas in Western India
    Size and weight:
    14 mm, 2.0 grams.
    Bust of Yasodaman II right with collar showing, wearing a satrapal cap, date in Brahmi numerals behind bust (off flan), corrupt Greek inscription / Crescent on a hill over a wavy line, crescent in the left field and sun in the right field, Brahmi inscription  RaJna KsaTraPaSa RuDraSiHaPuTrSa RaJna KsaTraPaSa YaSoDaMna. Senior ISCH 359.
    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.
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