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1 Drachm - Sivasri Pulumavi
| Issuer | Satavahana Empire |
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| Year | 159-166 |
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| Weight | 2.25 g |
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| Obverse lettering | Siva Siri Pulumavi |
| Reverse description | The reverse bears a large, boldly struck Ujjain symbol — a cruciform device composed of four circles arranged around a central element, rendered in high relief against a plain, unadorned field. This symbol is a recurring apotropaic or dynastic emblem on Satavahana coinage and is executed in a simplified, schematic manner. The flan is irregular and the surface exhibits a warm reddish-brown patina with scattered areas of green cuprite. No legend or additional device is present. |
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Sivasri Pulumavi ruled during a period of sustained Satavahana recovery following the dynasty's protracted conflicts with the Western Kshatrapas — the Indo-Scythian satraps who had repeatedly wrested the northwestern Deccan from Satavahana control. His billon drachms follow the debased silver tradition the Satavahanas inherited and further reduced from their Kshatrapa rivals, essentially copying the format of the enemy coinage while substituting their own royal identity.
The ACR#693 reference places this among a documented series, though die linkage studies on Pulumavi-era coinage remain underdeveloped compared to the broader Satavahana corpus.