Scarce silver drachm of Yasodaman II (315-332 AD), Indo-Sakas

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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. 15mm, 2.13 grams. Rajgor "Studies in the Coinage of the Western Kshatrapas" #771 or similar; Fishman "The Silver Coinage of the Western Satraps in India" #32.1

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.


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