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<p>[QUOTE="Roerbakmix, post: 4891214, member: 100731"][USER=19463]@dougsmit[/USER] I'll be of little help. I've learned that the bust is more or less useless to pinpoint a definite ID. I tried deciphering the reverse text, but only after [USER=87271]@AnYangMan[/USER] translated it for me, I obtained the final ID. </p><p><br /></p><p>I'm quite sure I identified this one myself:</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1180417[/ATTACH] </p><p>INDIA, WESTERN KHSATRAPAS, Rudrasena II. Denomination: AR Drachm, minted: Uncertain; 256–278 AD</p><p>Obv: Head of king to the right; date not visible</p><p>Rev: Chaitya (3-arched hill), river below, crescent moon and sun above, Brahmi legend around (rajno kshatrapasa viradamaputrasa rajno mahakshatrapasa rudrasenasa)</p><p>Weight: 0g; Ø:mm. Catalogue: uncertain. Provenance: Ex private collectoin; acq.: 05-2019</p><p>Rudrasena II came to the throne in S. 177, presumably at the death of his uncle Dāmajāadasri III. His father, Viradāman, had ruled from 156 to 160, but as kshatrapa only and Rudrasena II's coins reflect this ... they name his father as kshatrapa. Rudrasena II had a long reign by Kshatrapa standards - 24 years. His earliest coins are dated 177, and coins of his are known for every year from then to 200 (278 CE). Late in his reign, in 197, his son Visvasimha started issuing coins as kshatrapa.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Roerbakmix, post: 4891214, member: 100731"][USER=19463]@dougsmit[/USER] I'll be of little help. I've learned that the bust is more or less useless to pinpoint a definite ID. I tried deciphering the reverse text, but only after [USER=87271]@AnYangMan[/USER] translated it for me, I obtained the final ID. I'm quite sure I identified this one myself: [ATTACH=full]1180417[/ATTACH] INDIA, WESTERN KHSATRAPAS, Rudrasena II. Denomination: AR Drachm, minted: Uncertain; 256–278 AD Obv: Head of king to the right; date not visible Rev: Chaitya (3-arched hill), river below, crescent moon and sun above, Brahmi legend around (rajno kshatrapasa viradamaputrasa rajno mahakshatrapasa rudrasenasa) Weight: 0g; Ø:mm. Catalogue: uncertain. Provenance: Ex private collectoin; acq.: 05-2019 Rudrasena II came to the throne in S. 177, presumably at the death of his uncle Dāmajāadasri III. His father, Viradāman, had ruled from 156 to 160, but as kshatrapa only and Rudrasena II's coins reflect this ... they name his father as kshatrapa. Rudrasena II had a long reign by Kshatrapa standards - 24 years. His earliest coins are dated 177, and coins of his are known for every year from then to 200 (278 CE). Late in his reign, in 197, his son Visvasimha started issuing coins as kshatrapa.[/QUOTE]
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