Bust of Rudrasimha, with corrupted Greek legend (Indo-Greek style), date in Brahmi numerals behind (112 SE = 190 AD) / Three-arched hill or Chaitya, with river, crescent and sun, within legend in Brahmi Rajno Mahaksatrapasa Rudradamaputrasa Rajno Mahaksatrapasa Rudrasihasa ("of Raja Mahasatrap Rudrasimha, son of Raja Mahasatrap Rudradaman"). 14mm, 2.00 grams. Mint B. "Studies in the Coinage of Western Kshatrapas" #335, 337; Senior ISCH 333.42BD; Fishman "The Silver Coinage of the Western Satraps in India" #11.5.112.

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The Western Kshatrapas, or Western Satraps, (35-405 CE) were Saka 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.