Drachm - Rudradaman I
Features
| Issuer |
Western Satraps
(Indo-Scythian Kingdom)  |
|---|---|
| Satrap |
Rudradaman I (130-165)
|
| Type | Standard circulation coins |
| Years | 130-165 |
| Value | 1 Drachm |
| Currency | Drachm (35-405) |
| Composition | Silver |
| Weight | 1.76 g |
| Diameter | 14.9 mm |
| Thickness | 1.4 mm |
| Shape | Round (irregular) |
| Technique | Hammered |
| Orientation | Variable alignment ↺ |
| Demonetized | Yes |
| Number | N# 455544 |
| References | PAIC - Pieper# 3366, 3367 Wilfried Pieper; 2021. Ancient Indian Coins A Comprehensive Catalogue. IIRNS Publications
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Obverse
Head of king right, blundered Greek legend around.
Script: Greek
Reverse
Chaitya (3-arched hill), river below, crescent moon and sun above, Brahmi legend around.
Script: Brahmi
Translation: Raja Mahakshatrapa Rudradaman
Comments
As per Pieper, there are 2 variations noted for coins of Rudradaman, both as Mahakshatrapa
PAIC # 3366, Type A Sketch of reverse, legend indicating issue of Mint A
Obverse: Rudradaman's bust, Greek Legend
Reverse: Brahmi legend Rajno Ksatrapasa Jayadamasaputrasa Rajno Mahaksatrapasa Rudradamasa
(SCWS 7.2b; ISCH 325.3D/ courtesy Alex Fishman)
PAIC # 3367, Type B
Obverse: King's bust of different style
Reverse: As 3366 legend except for Jayadamaputrasa
(SCWS 7.3b; ISCH 325.4D/ courtesy Alex Fishman)
Info on CoinIndia Galleries - Pankaj Tandon
Rudradāman was a powerful ruler who apparently expanded the Western Kshatrapa realm considerably. We have inscriptions naming him as mahakshatrapa dated 52 (=130 CE) and 72 (=150 CE). So we know he ruled at least 20 years, and probably longer.
Rudradāman's coins carry two different legends, one in which the patronymic is Jayadamasaputrasa (legend A) and one in which the letter sa is dropped and the patronymic reads Jayadamaputrasa (legend B).
I have argued in a recent paper, to be published in Numismatic Digest that the two legends probably reflect the fact that the coins were made in two or more mints where two different conventions were followed. This coin is from "mint A," which was probably the main mint.
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| Date | VG | F | VF | XF | AU | UNC | References | ||||||||
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| ND (130-165) | PAIC - Pieper# 3366Wilfried Pieper; 2021. Ancient Indian Coins A Comprehensive Catalogue. IIRNS Publications
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| ND (130-165) | PAIC - Pieper# 3367Wilfried Pieper; 2021. Ancient Indian Coins A Comprehensive Catalogue. IIRNS Publications
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