The Post-Western Satraps coinage of the 430s represents a political afterlife. The Satraps had been extinguished by Chandragupta II of the Gupta Empire around 395–410 AD, yet local rulers in Saurashtra continued striking imitative coinage in their style for decades — Vijayasena II and Madasena among them. These issues are poorly documented in the historical record and their precise dynastic relationship to the original Kshaharata and Kardamaka lines remains contested among scholars.
The weight drop from the classical Satrap drachm standard is consistent across late imitative issues, reflecting degraded access to refined silver rather than deliberate debasement.
The Post-Western Satraps coinage of the 430s represents a political afterlife. The Satraps had been extinguished by Chandragupta II of the Gupta Empire around 395–410 AD, yet local rulers in Saurashtra continued striking imitative coinage in their style for decades — Vijayasena II and Madasena among them. These issues are poorly documented in the historical record and their precise dynastic relationship to the original Kshaharata and Kardamaka lines remains contested among scholars.
The weight drop from the classical Satrap drachm standard is consistent across late imitative issues, reflecting degraded access to refined silver rather than deliberate debasement.