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Hemidrachm - Yolamira
| Issuer | Paratarajas dynasty (Indo-Parthian Kingdom) |
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| Year | 125-150 |
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| Composition | Silver |
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| Reverse description | A bold left-facing swastika symbol occupies the central field, its arms rendered with thick raised lines in a style typical of Paratarajas coinage. A retrograde Brahmi legend encircles the central device, reading the ruler's name and title. The inscription runs continuously around the periphery within a beaded border, and the overall die execution reflects the regional hammered technique of the northwestern Indian subcontinent. |
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| Edge | Plain |
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The Paratarajas were a minor dynastic line operating in the lower Indus region, nominally subordinate to the broader Indo-Parthian sphere but effectively autonomous by the second century. Yolamira — sometimes rendered Yolavira in older literature — is among the least-documented rulers of the sequence, known almost entirely through his coinage rather than any surviving textual record.
The hemidrachm denomination itself signals a monetarily conservative regional economy, fractional silver serving local exchange where full drachms would have been impractical.