Message:

<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Sulla80, post: 7558113, member: 99456&quot;]An interesting and good looking coin and enjoyable post [USER=116315]@Claudius_Gothicus[/USER].&nbsp; These are interesting coins, although it has been quite a while since I last tried to read one and I am out of practice.&nbsp; I am also a fan of this resource for anyone getting to know these coins:</p><p><a href="http://people.bu.edu/ptandon/WK-Legends.pdf" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://people.bu.edu/ptandon/WK-Legends.pdf" rel="nofollow">How to read the legends on coins of the Western Kshatrapas</a>:A Beginner’s Guide, Pankaj Tandon</p><p><br /></p><p>You may enjoy <a href="http://coinindia.com/galleries-isvaradatta.html" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://coinindia.com/galleries-isvaradatta.html" rel="nofollow">this site</a> too - apparently there are also &quot;year 2&quot; coins for <a href="http://coinindia.com/galleries-isvaradatta.html" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://coinindia.com/galleries-isvaradatta.html" rel="nofollow">Isvarradatta</a> - I don&#039;t have a coin of this usurper and it is interesting how he uses regnal years in place of his father&#039;s name.&nbsp; Losing interest, I made a regrettable choice of selling off quite a few of these as a &quot;large lot&quot; which didn&#039;t go for much.&nbsp; I kept only a few - here is one of the mahakshatrapa that Isvarradatta was challenging:</p><p><b><i>[ATTACH=full]1303443[/ATTACH] </i></b></p><p><b><font size="4"><a href="http://coinindia.com/galleries-vijayasena.html" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://coinindia.com/galleries-vijayasena.html" rel="nofollow">Vijayasena</a> </font></b><font size="4">as mahakshatrapa, silver drachm, <font size="4">third of four sons of<b> Dāmasena</b></font> to rule</font></p><p><b><font size="4">Obv: </font></b><font size="4">Head of king right, date behind head: S. 167 / 245 AD</font></p><p><b><font size="4"><b>Rev:</b></font> </b><font size="4">Chaitya (3-arched hill), river below, crescent moon and sun above, Brahmi legend around rajno mahakshatrapasa damasenasaputrasa rajno mahakshatrapasa vijayasenasa</font>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

Your name or email address:

Do you already have an account?

• No, create an account now.
• Yes, my password is:
• Forgot your password?

Stay logged in