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Coin of the western satrap Rudrasimha I (c. 175–197 CE), a descendant of the Indo-Scythians. Indo-Scythians continued to hold the Sistan region until the reign of Bahram II (276–293 CE), and held several areas of India well into the first millennium; Kathiawar and Gujarat were under Western Satrap rule until the fifth century.
A coin of a silver drachma of the satrap Rujuvula who governs the Jammu in India from ca 10/1 BC to 1/10 AD for the Indo-Scythians. A / Diademed bust of the satrap to the right in stereotyped style. Greek inscription BASILEPS SPTROS around. R / Pallas left and inscription Chatrapasa apratihatachakrasa in Kharoshti around, control mark in the field.
Coin of Liaka Kusulaka, an imitation of coins of Eucratides. Liaka Kusulaka is mentioned in the Taxila copper plate (British Museum). Chach has been identified as the Chukhsa country of the Taxila copper plate inscription. [2] The Chhachh region is located at the historical region of Gandhara Civilization, the ancient Indo-Aryan Civilization.
The coins deteriorated continuously, the Strato coins being the most debased and crude in style, a striking contrast to earlier kings who struck some of the most beautiful coins of antiquity. The decay was due to the increasing pressure of the Indo-Scythian nomads on the remaining Greek pockets, as well as their long isolation from the rest of ...
People have saved money by keeping their cash and coins in clay pots, metal boxes, piggy banks and more for years. Whether you find it between the couch cushions, stuffed in jeans pockets or ...
Cast copper coins along with punch marked coins are the earliest examples of coinage in India, archaeologist G. R. Sharma based on his analysis from Kausambi dates them to pre Punched Marked Coins (PMC) era between 855 and 815 BC on the basis of obtaining them from pre NBPW period, [45] while some date it to 500 BC and some date them to pre ...
A coin of the Indo-Scythian king Azes, 1st century BCE. In the 1st century BCE, the Indo-Scythians established a kingdom in the northwest, based near Taxila, replacing the Indo-Greeks. They then expanded to Mathura in the east, and to Surastrene in the southwest. [3]
These coins are found near Sankassa along the Ganges and in Eastern Punjab. Possibly minted in Sagala. [17] The coins are derived from the Indo-Greek types of Strato II. [17] Indo-Greek coinage in Gandhara would continue for nearly two centuries, until it was taken over by the coinage of the Indo-Scythians, the Indo-Parthians and the Yuezhi ...