XAPAHWCTEI CATΡAΠEI AΡTAYOY, king on horseback right; Kharosthi letter to right / Lion to right; Kharosthi letter and X in fields. 20mmx20mm, 7.56 grams. Taxila mint? Senior 143.

Kharahostes (c. 20 BCE–1 CE) was an Indo-Scythian ruler or satrap, known from both his coinage and inscriptions, who belonged to the complex group of Saka dynasts ruling northwestern South Asia around the turn of the Common Era. He was the son of Arta and appears to have controlled territory principally in Gandhara and the region around Taxila, although the precise extent of his authority remains uncertain. His coins follow established Indo-Greek and Indo-Scythian traditions, with Greek and Kharoṣṭhī legends, and attest to the continuation of Hellenistic monetary conventions under Saka rule. Kharahostes was a contemporary of other Indo-Scythian rulers and satraps, including the early Kṣaharātas of the Taxila region, but there is no firm evidence that he himself belonged to the Kṣaharāta dynasty.