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AR/BI Drachm - Rajuvula Northern Satraps; Jammu
| Issuer | Northern Satraps (Indo-Scythian Kingdom) |
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| Year | 25 BC - 15 BC |
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| Weight | 1.86 g |
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| Reverse description | Athena Alkidemos standing left in martial posture, her right arm raised and extended as she prepares to hurl a javelin, with aegis or shield on her left arm, rendered in the debased Hellenistic style typical of late Indo-Scythian issues. A Kharosthi legend encircles the central device, providing the regional vernacular inscription complementing the Greek obverse tradition. A small control symbol, the letter Mu, appears in the field as a mint or die control mark. The overall fabric is characteristic of the hammered drachm coinage of the Northern Satraps of Jammu. |
| Reverse script | Greek/Kharosthi |
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Rajuvula is among the more consequential of the Northern Satraps, having consolidated Indo-Scythian control over the Punjab and Mathura region during a period when the Indo-Greek kingdoms were in terminal decline. His coinage is notably transitional — struck on the reduced drachm standard that replaced earlier, heavier Indo-Greek weights as Scythian rulers adapted local monetary conventions to their own administrative needs.
The Jammu attribution ties this piece to a specific regional circulation zone distinct from the Mathura issues, where Rajuvula later extended his authority after displacing the last Indo-Greek holdouts.