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60 Ratti- Rano Siri Satakarni
| Issuer | City of Nasik (Satavahana Empire) |
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| Year | 200 BC - 1 BC |
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| Currency | Karshapana |
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| Obverse script | Brahmi |
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| Edge | Plain |
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The Satavahana dynasty dominated the Deccan for roughly four centuries, and Nasik functioned as one of their key administrative and commercial centers — a position reflected in its independent civic coinage. The name "Rano Siri Satakarni" is a Prakrit rendering of "Raja Sri Satakarni," a royal epithet that appears across multiple rulers in the dynasty, making precise attribution to a single reign genuinely difficult. Scholars continue to debate which Satakarni is honored here.
The ratti was a weight unit based on the seed of the gunja plant, long used as a standard across the subcontinent before metric systems arrived.