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Indo-Sakas in Western India,AR drachm, Rudrasena II (255-278 AD) as Mahakshatrap

Indo-Sakas in Western India,AR drachm, Rudrasena II (255-278 AD) as Mahakshatrap

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    Indo-Sakas in Western India, silver drachm, Rudrasena II (255-278 AD) as Mahakshatrap
    Size:
    15 mm, 1.9 grams
    Bust of Rudrasena II right, with corrupted Greek legend (Indo-Greek style), date in Brahmi numerals behind - 185 Saka Era = 263 AD) / Three-arched hill or Chaitya, with river, crescent and sun, within legend in Brahmi Rajna ksatrapasa Viradamaputrasa Rajno mahaksatrapasa Rudrasenasa. "Studies in the Coinage of Western Kshatrapas" #586-587.
    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
    Stock#
    is1056