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Drachma - Vashishthiputra Siri Pulumavi
| Issuer | Satavahana Empire |
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| Year | 78-114 |
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| Value | 1 Drachma (2) |
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| Obverse description | Bust of King Vashishthiputra Siri Pulumavi facing right, depicted in a stylized profile with pronounced facial features characteristic of Satavahana coinage. The king wears a turban or headdress, rendered in the bold, somewhat crude artistic tradition of hammered Indo-Deccan silver issues. A Brahmi legend encircles the bust reading 'Rano Vasishthiputrasa Siri Pulumavisa', identifying the ruler by his matronymic title. The field is flat and irregular, consistent with hand-struck fabric typical of this dynastic series. |
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| Edge | Plain |
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Vashishthiputra Siri Pulumavi ruled during one of the Satavahana dynasty's periods of genuine expansion into the western Deccan, a region long contested with the Western Kshatrapas. His coinage reflects that tension directly — silver issues of this type are thought to have absorbed influences from Kshatrapa minting practice, likely a consequence of the political maneuvering that included his marriage alliance with the Kshatrapa ruler Rudradaman I, an arrangement that ultimately failed to prevent renewed conflict between the two powers.