INDIA, Post-Mauryan (Deccan). Satavahanas (Andhras). Gautamiputra Satakarni, circa 53-78. Drachm (Silver, 17 mm, 2.40 g). Four-orbed Ujjain symbol overstruck on the portrait of Nahapana; to left, somewhat blundered part of the legend: PANNIⲰ ΣΑHAPATAC NAHAPANAC ('in Greek'). Rev. Three arched hill in center overstruck on Nahapana's bow and thunderbolt; around, RaNo KsaHaRaTaSa NaHaPaNaSa (in Kharoshthi on the right). Pieper 682. Rare and beautifully toned. Traces of overstriking, otherwise, very fine.



This coin was overstruck on a drachm of the Western Satrap Nahapana, likely shortly after Gautamiputra Satakarni defeated Nahapana - an event that, according to R. Fynes, occurred sometime after 71.