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Drachm - Mirahvara
| Issuer | Paratarajas dynasty (Indo-Parthian Kingdom) |
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| Year | 175-185 |
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| Value | Drachm (1) |
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| Obverse description | Diademed and draped bust of the ruler Mirahvara facing right, rendered in a provincial Indo-Parthian style with bold, somewhat schematic modeling of the facial features. The diadem ribbons are visible behind the head, and the chest is partially draped. The entire effigy is enclosed within a clearly defined border of raised pellets encircling the field. |
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| Edge | Plain |
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The Paratarajas were a minor dynastic line operating in the lower Indus region — Sindh and southern Baluchistan — long after the main Indo-Parthian power of Gondophares had fragmented. By the late second century, they issued coins largely as assertions of local authority rather than instruments of broad commercial exchange, which explains why surviving specimens tend toward poor technical execution. Mirahvara is among the least-documented rulers in the sequence; his precise position in the dynastic order remains contested among specialists, with some readings of the Brahmi legends placing him later than the range Pieper assigned.