Lot of 3 silver coins - Bhartrdaman dated to 214 SE (292 CE) and two drachms of Rudrasena II (one dated to 185 SE (263 CE) and one to 198 SE (276 CE)). The price is for the group of 3 coins shown above.

The coins of Ksatrapas are important since they are mostly dated - the dates helped to clarify the early history of India. Coins with clear dates, such as this coin are rare - on most specimens the date is struck off flan. 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.