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Drachm - Damazada II

Drachm - Damazada II - obverseDrachm - Damazada II - reverse

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Features

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 .

Obverse

Głowa króla w prawo, wokół grecka legenda.Automatically translated

Reverse

Chaitya (3-łukowe wzgórze), rzeka poniżej, półksiężyc i słońce powyżej, legenda Brahmi wokół.Automatically translated

Script: Brahmi

Lettering: Rajno Mahaksatrapasa Rudradamanaputrasa Rajno Mahaksatrapasa DamajadaSriya

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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
ND (87-99)  PAIC - Pieper# 3372
Wilfried Pieper; 2021. Ancient Indian Coins A Comprehensive Catalogue. IIRNS Publications .
ND (87-99)  PAIC - Pieper# 3374
Wilfried Pieper; 2021. Ancient Indian Coins A Comprehensive Catalogue. IIRNS Publications .
99 (177 AD)  PAIC - Pieper# 3373
Wilfried Pieper; 2021. Ancient Indian Coins A Comprehensive Catalogue. IIRNS Publications .
(en) SE 99/ AD 177, first dated coin of Kshatrap series

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