Antike AR drachm 199-222 n. Chr. Rare of Rudrasena (199-222) as Kshatrapa, Mint A, 121 SE, Satraps in I

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Bust of Rudrasena, with corrupted Greek legend (Indo-Greek style), date in Brahmi numerals behind (121 SE = 199 AD) / Three-arched hill or Chaitya, with river, crescent and sun, within legend in Brahmi Rajno Mahaksatrapasa Rudrasihasaputrasa Rajno ksatrapasa Rudrasenasa ("of Raja satrap Rudrasena, son of Raja Mahasatrap Rudrasimha"). 14mm, 1.85 grams. Mint B. "Studies in the Coinage of Western Kshatrapas" #366-367; Senior ISCH 339.10BD; Fishman "The Silver Coinage of the Western Satraps in India" #13.1.121.

Coins of Rudrasena with a lower title of a Kshatrapa are rare and poorly understood.

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.