Rare silver drachm of Nahapana (ca. 50-75 AD (?)), Kshaharatas of Saurashtra, Ancient India

 

Size and weight:

15 mm, 1.5 grams

Bust of Nahapana right with collar showing, wearing a satrapal cap, corrupt Greek inscription: PANNIW ΣAHAPATAC NAHAPANAC / Arrow pointing downwards to the left, thunderbolt to the right, dot between them, two inscriptions – one in Brahmi (RaJno KsaHaRaTaSa NaHaPaNaSa, reading left to right) and one in Kharoshti (RaNo KsaHaRaTaSa NaHaPaNaSa, reading right to left).  Rare this nice! Mitchener 1253; Boppearachchi p.139, #3.

This coin is guaranteed to be authentic.

 

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