1/2 Karshapana - Rano Siri Satakarni

Rano Siri Satakarni is among the more obscure rulers in the Satavahana succession, and attributing coinage to specific kings within this dynasty remains genuinely contested — the regnal sequences proposed by different scholars vary enough that the same coin can shift by a century depending on whose chronology you follow. The Satavahanas issued punch-marked and cast copper issues alongside these lighter fractional pieces, partly to serve trade networks linking the Deccan to both the western ports and the eastern coastal routes.