INDO-SKYTHIANS, Paratarajas. Koziya, circa 235-255. Didrachm (Bronze, 20 mm, 4.09 g). KOYSIYA (in Brahmi) King standing front, head to right, holding scepter in his right hand. Rev. KOZIYASA KOZANAPUTRASA PARATARAJASA ('of Koziya, son of Kozana, king of the Paratas' in Kharoshti) around Swastika. Pieper 807. Senior 293.1. Tandon 60. Rare. Attractive earthen highlights on a dark patina. Some deposits, otherwise, very fine.


The Paratarajas were an Indo-Parthian dynasty which ruled in modern-day Baluchistan. Senior read Koziya's name as Spajhama, but this reading has since been corrected by Tandon. Koziya introduced the standing king as an obverse type on his coins, an innovation in Parataraja coinage.