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CU Drachm - Rajuvula Northern Satraps; Jammu
| Issuer | Northern Satraps (Indo-Scythian Kingdom) |
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| Year | 25 BC - 15 BC |
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| Orientation | 3 o'clock ↑→ |
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| Obverse description | Diademed and draped bust of the king facing right, rendered in a crude, schematic style characteristic of late Indo-Scythian coinage. The effigy displays a distinctive tiara or diadem, with broad facial features and a globular pellet visible below the neck truncation. A degraded and largely illegible Greek legend encircles the bust in the field. |
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| Mint | Jammu, India |
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Rajuvula held the satrapy of Mathura in the late first century BC, operating as a regional power nominally subordinate to the broader Indo-Scythian framework but effectively autonomous. His coinage is historically notable partly because he is suspected — based on Buddhist relic inscription evidence — of having killed the last Indo-Greek king, Strato II, to consolidate control over the Punjab. The Jammu findspot places this piece at the northern edge of his documented territory.