v08_0124 - INDIA - ABHIRAS - ISVARADATTA Drachme
MONNAIES 8 (2000)
Starting price : 99.09 €
Estimate : 144.83 €
Realised price : 115.86 €
Starting price : 99.09 €
Estimate : 144.83 €
Realised price : 115.86 €
Type : Drachme
Date: An 1
Mint name / Town : Nasik
Metal : silver
Diameter : 14 mm
Orientation dies : 2 h.
Weight : 2,40 g.
Rarity : R1
Coments on the condition:
Très beau portrait / Revers de haut relief et bien centré
Obverse
Obverse legend : LÉGENDE INDIENNE (KSHATRAPA).
Obverse description : Buste couronné et drapé à droite.
Reverse
Reverse legend : LÉGENDE CIRCULAIRE INDIENNE (KSHATRAPA).
Reverse description : Montagne surmontée d'un croissant ; dans le champ à droite, une étoile représentée par des points.
Reverse translation : (du roi et Mahkshatrapa Isaradatta, an un).
Historical background
INDIA - ABHIRAS - ISVARADATTA
(3rd century)
The Abhiras were a Saka tribe mentioned in an inscription for the first time in 181. They formed an entity at the beginning of the 3rd century on the ashes of the Andhra kingdom. Their era seems to start in 248 and will last 167 years until 414. Except Isvaradatta, several other kings are mentioned by the inscriptions like Isvarasena, son of Sivadatta in 257.
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