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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Ed Snible, post: 7473997, member: 82322&quot;][ATTACH=full]1294018[/ATTACH]</p><p>Indo-Skythian. Rajuvula. 25-15 BC, drachm, 2.36g, 13.6mm</p><p>Kharoshthi legend around <i>Chatrapasa Apratihatachakrasa Rujuvulasa</i> (of Satrap Rajuvula of the Invincible Chakra)</p><p><br /></p><p>&quot;Rujuvula was a Satrap of Chach, and later of Jammu, which he took from the Greeks. Later, after capturing Mathura, he assumed the title of Mahakshatrapa, which he held until his death in circa 1/10 AD.&quot; (according to Fishman.&nbsp; I haven&#039;t yet gone through the exercise of checking the various conflicting online sources).</p><p><br /></p><p>Richard Plant (<i>Greek, Asiatic, Semetic coins: and how to read them</i> p. 119) calls him Rajabula and says the obverse, Greek, inscription is &quot;Razi, King of kings, savior&quot;. The reverse is Kharosthi APRaTIHaTaChaKRaSa &quot;invincible with the discus&quot; and ChhaTRaPaSa RaJaBULaSa &quot;the Satrap Rajabula&quot;.</p><p><br /></p><p>I haven&#039;t taken the time yet to try to render the inscription in Unicode myself.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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