| Issuer |
Western Satraps
(Indo-Scythian Kingdom) |
|---|---|
| Type | Standard circulation coins |
| Year | 99 (87-177) |
| Calendar | Shaka era |
| Value | 1 Drachm |
| Currency | Drachm (35-405) |
| Composition | Srebro |
| Weight | 1.6 g |
| Diameter | 14.9 mm |
| Thickness | 1.32 mm |
| Shape | Okrągły (nieregularny) |
| Technique | Młotkowana |
| Orientation | Variable alignment ↺ |
| Demonetized | Yes |
| Number | N# 460602 |
| References | PAIC - Pieper# 3372 - 3374 Wilfried Pieper; 2021. Ancient Indian Coins A Comprehensive Catalogue. IIRNS Publications
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Głowa króla w prawo, wokół grecka legenda.
Chaitya (3-łukowe wzgórze), rzeka poniżej, półksiężyc i słońce powyżej, legenda Brahmi wokół.
Script: Brahmi
Lettering: Rajno Mahaksatrapasa Rudradamanaputrasa Rajno Mahaksatrapasa DamajadaSriya
Info and coin image below - credit - Ancient Indian Coins - A Comprehensive Catalog, Wilfried Piper (PAIC)
Damajadasri was successor of Rudradaman. Two spellings of his name appear on his silver coins, Damajadasri and Damazada, both used on his Kshatrap and Makshatrap coins.
During the last year of his reign, 99 SE, he issued the first dated coin of the Kshatrapa series.
As per Pieper, there are 3 variations noted for coins of Damajadasri I/ Damazada II as Mahakshatrapa
Damajadasri I as Mahakshatrap
PAIC 3372, AR, c.87-99/ 100 SE/ Sketch of reverse, legend indicating issue of Mint A
ca.165-177/ 178 AD name of king spelled Damajadasriya
Obverse: King's bust, corrupt Greek
Reverse: Dynastic reverse design, Brahmi Legend
Rajno Mahaksatrapasa Rudradamanaputrasa
Rajno Mahaksatrapasa Damajadasriya
PAIC 3373, AR, dated 99 SE (the first dated coin of the dynasty)
Obverse: King's bust, date “99” (for 99 SE/ 177 CE) behind the bust
Reverse: Dynastic reverse design, same legend as # 3372
Damajadasri as “Damazada” Mahakshatrap
PAIC 3374, AR, c.87-99/ 100 SE/ ca.165-177/ 178 CE
Obverse: King's bust, corrupt Greek
Reverse: King's name as Damaghsadasa
note from CoinIndia regarding name variations - Pankaj Tandon
In the current catalogs of Western Kshatrapa coins, such as Jha & Rajgor and Senior, Rudradāman I is shown as having three sons who ruled after him. They are called Damajadasri, Damaghsada and Rudrasimha. However, there has been a long-standing proposal (Indraji, JRAS 1890 and Rapson's BM catalogue) that the coins of "Damajadasri" and "Damaghsada" are actually issues of just one king, whose name was in reality Dāmazāda, and I believe I have confirmed this in my paper The Western Kshatrapa Dāmazāda in the 2009 issue of The Numismatic Chronicle. The theory I have offered to explain the different spellings is that they were produced at different mints. The key point is that Brahmi did not have a letter for the Persian sound z and different mints used different conventions on how to represent it.
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| Date | VG | F | VF | XF | AU | UNC | References | ||||||||
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| ND (87-99) | PAIC - Pieper# 3372 Wilfried Pieper; 2021. Ancient Indian Coins A Comprehensive Catalogue. IIRNS Publications
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| ND (87-99) | PAIC - Pieper# 3374 Wilfried Pieper; 2021. Ancient Indian Coins A Comprehensive Catalogue. IIRNS Publications
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| 99 (177 AD) | PAIC - Pieper# 3373 Wilfried Pieper; 2021. Ancient Indian Coins A Comprehensive Catalogue. IIRNS Publications
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(en) SE 99/ AD 177, first dated coin of Kshatrap series | |||||||||||||
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