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AR drachm of Vijayasena (238 - 250 AD) , Western Satraps in India
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Description
Scarce small bronze trachySilver drachm of Vijayasena (238 - 250 AD) [as Mahaksatrap: 239 and later], India
Size:
1
4 mm, 2.2 grams.
Bust of Vijayasena, with corrupted Greek legend (Indo-Greek style), date in Brahmi numerals behind head / Three-arched hill or Chaitya, with river, crescent and sun, within legend in Brahmi Rajno Mahaksatrapasa Damasenasaputrasa Rajno Mahaksatrapasa Vijayasanasa. "Studies in the Coinage of Western Kshatrapas" #517.
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#
is1044