Bust of Damasena, with corrupted Greek legend (Indo-Greek style), date in Brahmi numerals behind, dated to 159 SE = 237 AD / Three-arched hill or Chaitya, with river, crescent and sun, circular Brahmi legend Rajno Mahaksatrapasa Rudrasihasaputrasa Rajno Mahaksatrapasa Damasenasa. 16mm, 2.02 grams. Fishman "Silver coinage of the Western Satraps" #18.2.159. SKU T1077-51848

Very rare date, known only from a few specimens. 

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.