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1 Karshapana - Gautamiputra Sri Yajna Satakarni
| Issuer | Satavahana Empire |
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| Year | 172-201 |
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| Value | 1 Karshapana |
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| Obverse description | Zebu bull standing to right in the central field, depicted in profile with characteristic humped back and sturdy legs. A Brahmi legend surrounds the principal device, reading partially as the royal titulature of Gautamiputra Sri Yajna Satakarni. The field above the bull bears Brahmi characters, while the irregular flan edge displays the typical rough character of hammered potin coinage. The overall style is consistent with late Satavahana numismatic convention, with bold but somewhat schematic rendering of the bovine figure. |
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| Obverse script | Brahmi |
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Gautamiputra Sri Yajna Satakarni ruled as one of the later Satavahana kings during a period when the dynasty was actively reasserting control over the Deccan after decades of pressure from the Western Kshatrapas. Potin — a debased alloy of copper, lead, and tin — became the dominant coinage medium for the Satavahanas precisely because silver was increasingly difficult to sustain as the empire's trade networks contracted in the second century.
The Mitchiner reference places this type firmly within a series that modern scholarship continues to reattribute as new hoards surface from Maharashtra and Andhra Pradesh.