ANCIENT INDIA COIN INDO PARTHIAN GONDOPHARES COPPER DRACHM

OBVERSE:-- BEARDED DIADEMED PARTHIAN STYLE BUST OF KING FACING  RIGHT.

REVERSE:-- PALLAS STANDING RIGHT HOLDING SHIELD AND THRUSTING THUNDERBOLT IN RAISED RIGHT HAND.

KHAROSTHI LEGEND MAHARAJASA TRARARASA GADAVIRASA.

ERA 30-55 AD.

WEIGHT 2.5 GRAMS.

DIAMETER 11MM

REFERENCE MITCHENER-2636.

The Indo-Parthian Kingdom was established during the 1st century CE, by a Parthian leader named Gondophares, in an area covering today's Afghanistan, Pakistan and Northern India. Most of their Kings issued various coins, and while the larger tetradrachms are well-catalogued and studied, the small crude drachms are pretty obscure. A few of the types are attributed to various rulers, all except for drachms of Gondophares are fairly scarce.

ITEM NO W 2003.

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