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1 Karshapana - Satakarni
| Issuer | Satavahana Empire |
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| Year | 230 BC - 107 AD |
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| Thickness | 2.13 mm |
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| Obverse script | Brahmi |
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| Edge | Plain |
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The Satavahanas issued coinage across a dynasty spanning several centuries and dozens of rulers, making attribution of individual pieces to specific reigns genuinely difficult — "Satakarni" was a name or title borne by multiple kings, not a single monarch. Potin, an alloy of copper with tin and lead, was used extensively for low-denomination circulation coinage across the Deccan and was particularly practical for a polity whose economy ran heavily on trade between the subcontinent's interior and its western ports.
MSI#229 places this among a well-documented but historically slippery series.