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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Ancientnoob, post: 2410458, member: 44140&quot;]For a great deal of time I have been trying to locate an overstrike of a Nahapana drachm by the native Indian King Guatamiputra Satakarni of the Satavahana. Well I have seen 2 for sale since I began my journey for one about 3 yrs ago. I was the under bidder in both cases. One was ebay the other CNG. </p><p><br /></p><p>So I reached out to several big name auction houses and dealers and all turned up nothing. It took some social networking and a guy who knows a guy who knows a guy to get one. Well the last guy had a wadd of them which I made sure I got ALL of them. Go ahead try and find some more!!!</p><p><br /></p><p>Rather than me rehashing and possibly butchering the rise of the Sakas in India I urge you to read the Periplus of the Erythraean Sea written in the late first century AD. Erythraen Sea is an old broad term for the Red Sea, the Persian Gulf and the Indian Ocean. In which Nahapana is a mentioned ruler. </p><p><br /></p><p>and to check out the these neat wikipedia links that sum everything up in a nice convenient and understandable manner. </p><p><br /></p><p><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nahapana" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nahapana" rel="nofollow">https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nahapana</a></p><p><br /></p><p>Here is a neat 19th century rendering of GPS celebrating his victory over Nahapana.</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fb/Gautamiputra_Shatkarni_celebrating_for_his_victory_on_Nahappan_a_satrap_of_Gujarata.jpg/1280px-Gautamiputra_Shatkarni_celebrating_for_his_victory_on_Nahappan_a_satrap_of_Gujarata.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /> </p><p><br /></p><p>My Nahapana</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]498064[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>and my most coveted overstrike. I know some people here love Overstrikes ... [USER=19463]@dougsmit[/USER] </p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]498066[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>You might recognize some parts of the design as found on the portrait coins of the Satavahana. Notice the three-arched hill right on Nahapana&#039;s face.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]498067[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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