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Obol - Yolamira
| Issuer | Paratarajas dynasty (Indo-Parthian Kingdom) |
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| Year | 125-150 |
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| Orientation | Variable alignment ↺ |
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| Obverse description | Bust of the ruler Yolamira facing right in the field, depicted in a schematic Indo-Parthian style with a diademed or adorned head and draped shoulders. The portrait is rendered in low relief characteristic of hammered coinage of the Paratarajas dynasty. The figure is shown in three-quarter profile, with crude but expressive modeling of facial features. A border of pellets surrounds the central device. No legible legend appears on the obverse. |
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| Reverse description | The reverse bears a dense field of Brahmi script arranged in multiple lines, filling the entire flan. The inscription records the name and titles of the issuing ruler in the standard Paratarajas formula. The legends are rendered in the characteristic cursive Brahmi hand of the northwestern Indo-Parthian coinage, reading 'Yolamirasa Bagarevaputasa Parataraja' — meaning 'Of Yolamira, son of Bagahreva, Great King of the Paratas'. The script is distributed across the field without a formal border, typical of this series. |
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The Paratarajas were a minor Indo-Parthian dynasty operating in the lower Indus region, issuing their own coinage while nominally within the broader orbit of Parthian power. Yolamira is among the least documented rulers of the line — his name survives almost entirely through numismatic evidence rather than any textual record. These small silver obols circulated in a zone where Greek, Iranian, and Indian monetary traditions had been colliding for centuries, producing a coinage culture that borrowed freely from all three without fully belonging to any.