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1 Drachm - Visvasimha
| Issuer | Western Satraps |
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| Year | 275-280 |
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| Composition | Silver |
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| Obverse description | Bust of the Satrap king Visvasimha in right-facing profile, rendered in the characteristic debased Hellenistic style of the Western Satraps. The effigy displays a diademed and elaborately coiffed head with flowing hair rendered in bold relief, a prominent aquiline nose, and a short beard. A Brahmi date notation appears behind the royal portrait in the left field. The flan is irregular with a slightly serrated edge typical of hammered issues of this series. |
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| Reverse description | Central device depicts a chaitya (three-arched hill or Chaitya symbol), below which flows a stylized river rendered as a wavy line. Above the chaitya, a solar symbol and a crescent moon are positioned in the upper field, a standard reverse iconography for Western Satrap drachms. A circumferential Brahmi legend encircles the entire design, recording the full royal titulature of the issuer. The overall composition follows the conventional reverse type established by earlier Satrap rulers and maintained consistently throughout the dynasty. |
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| Mintage | ND (275-280) |
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