Vasithiputra Pulumavi Satakarni Satavahana AR Drachm

The lasting influence of Roman trade on the kingdoms of Central and Southern India. May I also note that the portrait coinage of the Satavahana tend to mention the king's maternal lineage, in contrast to just about everyone else.

India, Deccan
Satavahana Dynasty,
King Vasithiputa Pulumavi / Vasithiputra Siri Satakani / Satakarni,
(r.AD 120-130)
AR Drachm 16 mm x 2.27 grams
Obverse: Portrait type, typical bust of the ruler to right with prominent nose and thick lips, curly long hair & aquiline nose, a stylish hair-bun in front above the forehead wearing a high head ornament (Shiromani) and long ears with and Brahmi legend around: Rano Vasithiputasa Siri Satakanisa.
Reverse: Ujjayini four orb symbol connected with a cross along with a crescent of the top of one of the orb on the right six-arched hill with a crescent symbol with Sun in between both these symbols in the centre and river flowing below, Southern Brahmi - Tamil-Telugu / Prakrit legends around could be read as Arahanaku Vahitti Makanaku Hiru Hatakanaku.
Note:Scarce, Nice.

 

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oh wow, cool...another AN coin i haven't seen before. certainly some familiar symbols on the reverse however...but the obverse has quite the interesting bust.

here's a coin i recently picked up but never got around to post it, i'll let it hitch a ride here as it's from the kushans just to the north...and from about the same period. ugly, but this pretty cool.



Vima Kadphises, AE Tetradrachm, 100-128 AD, Kushan Kingdom
O:Greek legend, King in Kushan dress, standing facing, head left, hand over altar at left, trident in left field, tamgha and club in right field. R: Karosthi legend, Siva standing facing, bull behind. 28 mm, 17.1 g

this coin has/had some BD, i treated and am keeping an eye on it.

 

Yea its from the

Haha. Thats awesome! Yea some familar symbols. Like that Ujjani symbol everyone loves.

 

Sworn enemies of these Western Satraps guys.

 

A problem with Kushans is the difficultly finding one coin with well struck details all around. When I bought the top one below, I thought it was an upgrade of the bottom but where one is strong the other is weak so I kept both.

 

I blame @chrsmat71

Here is a half unit of the Kushan King Kanishka I. Lovely and among my favs.


As far as my big Wilma Kadphises its better than most not as good as some.

 

i have a kanishka drachm (quarter unit)!



@stevex6 has a fantastic kushan ae tetradrachm, should post it here.

hint.

hint.

 

Sadly that is a good description of most of my best coins of the Kushans. Smooth is unusual.

This Kanishka with Helios reverse is my best by far.

 

Love the Helios now you need to get yourself a Kanishka with the Oado reverse!

 

Sweet find

 

Hey, wait-up!!

... thanks for the heads-up, chrsmat

INDIA, Kushan: Vima Kadphises
AE tetradrachm
circa 112-127 AD
Diameter: 28 mm
Weight: 16.88 grams
Obverse: King standing facing, sacrificing at altar left, tamgha and club in right field, Greek legend around: BACIΛEVC BACIΛEWN CWTHP MEΓAC OOhMO KAΔΦICHC
Reverse: Oesho (Siva) standing facing, Bull Nandi behind, nandipada at left, Kharoshthi legend around: maharajasa rajadirajasa sarvaloga isvarasa mahisvarasa vima kathphishasa tratara
Reference: Göbl 762, MAC 3033




=> fantastic OP-example, Noob (wow, you're posting some total winners lately, eh?)

 

Nice catch, the Satavahana silver indeed is scarce.
This one indeed has "Siri Satakanisa Rano [Vasethiputrasa]" around the bust as legend. There is another version with "Pulumavisa" in Brahmi behind the head.

 

Wonderful posts guys!!!

 

Rano Vasithiputasa Siri Satakanisa is what I have.

 

I see this became a Kushan thread. The Kushan Empire was very far north. The Satavahana was an indigenous dynasty from central India, living mainly in Deccan.



Thanks to IndianMirror for the map.

 

Nice one AN! These coins have the signature nose, cheeks, and ears of the Satavahanas . Now lets reel this thread back into Satavahana with this coin .

India, Satavahana: Vasisthiputra Sri Pulumavi (78-114) AR Drachm (MCSI-146)

Obv: King's bust right, with large nose, elaborate hair style and large earrings. Sanskrit Prakrit legend in Brahmi - Siri Pulumavisa Rano Vasithiputasa
Rev: Satavahana symbol + hill; above - sun + moon symbols; below - water symbol. Tamil/Telugu Prakrit legend in Brahmi - Arahanaku Vahitti makanaku Tiru Pulumaviku

 

Is Pulumavisa the guy's name? Brother of my guy or same guy different title , isnt the guys mom Vasisithi?

 

Neat coin, I like the portrait alot.

 

Ill also share my Satavahana Lead/ Silver alloy coin

 

These coins are based off of a maternal lineage. The guy's name is indeed Pulumavisa and his mom's name is Vasisithi. In Sanskrit, putasa means son and in Tamil/Telugu makanaku means son. Here is a nice writeup on these coins and the Tamil/Telugu debate: