Rare silver drachm, Yasodaman I (238-239 AD) as Mahakshatrapa, Indo-Sakas (Western Kshatrapas)

Bust of Yasodaman, with corrupted Greek legends (Indo-Greek style), date in Brahmi numerals behind (161 Saka Era = 239 AD) / Three-arched hill orChaitya, with river, crescent and sun, within legend in Brahmi Rajno Mahaksatrapasa Damasenasaputrasa Rajno Mahaksatrapasa Yasodamnah. 14mm, 2.18 grams. "Studies in the Coinage of Western Kshatrapas" #466-469.

The Western Kshatrapas, or Western Satraps, (35-405 CE) were Saka (Scythian) rulers of the western and central part of India (Saurashtra and Malwa: modern Gujarat, Maharashtra, Rajasthan and Madhya Pradesh states). They were contemporaneous with the Kushans who ruled the northern part of the Indian subcontinent, and the Satavahana (Andhra) who ruled in Central India.