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Drachm - Chashtana
| Issuer | Western Satraps |
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| Year | 78-130 |
| Type | Standard circulation coin |
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| Obverse description | Draped bust of the satrap Chashtana facing right, rendered in a degraded Indo-Greek style with stylized facial features. A heavily corrupted and partially legible Greek legend surrounds the effigy in the field. The portrait exhibits the characteristic degenerate execution typical of late Western Satrap coinage, with the legend reduced to a series of pseudo-Greek letterforms. The flan is irregular and slightly uneven, consistent with hand-hammered production. |
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| Reverse description | Central device depicting a three-arched hill (chaitya symbol) surmounted by a crescent, flanked on either side by a sun symbol and a crescent moon. A wavy line representing water appears below the chaitya. A partially visible Brahmi legend surrounds the central device, recording the satrap's name and titles. The composition follows the standard Western Satrap reverse type established from the first century CE onward. |
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Chashtana was the founder of the Kardamaka line of Western Satraps and the first ruler of this dynasty to mint coins bearing both a regnal year and a Brahmi inscription — a dual-dating practice that would define the series for generations. His reign, reconstructed largely from numismatic evidence rather than contemporary texts, is anchored to the Shaka era, placing him in the late first to early second century CE. The coins themselves are among the primary documents by which his historical existence is confirmed at all.