INDIA, PARATARAJAS (PARATA RAJAS), Yolamira Silver drachm, RARE and BARGAIN-PRICED!

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Price: US$ 75.00	€ 64.61
	£ 56.08
	AUD 115.57
	CHF 59.64
	CAD 105.33

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Rates for: 10/21/2025
SKU: 695.75

Description

Obverse	Bust of king facing right
Reverse	Swastika turning left, Brahmi legend around: yolamirasa bagarevaputrasa paratarajasa (=of Yolamira, son of Bagareva, king of the Paratas)
Date	c. 125-150 CE
Weight	3.28 gm.
Diameter	16 mm.
Die axis	n.a.
Reference	Type 5 in Tandon: "The Coins of the Paratarajas: A Synthesis, Supplement to the Journal of the Oriental Numismatic Society 205: A Seminar on the Occasion of the 100th Anniversary of the Numismatic Society of India, Autumn 2010, pp. 15-31.
Comments	Yolamira was the first Parata king to issue coins, a series that lasted about 175 years. This coin belongs to the second phase of Yolamira's coinage and is better in hand than in the photo. For a catalogue of these coins, see the Paratarajas page on CoinIndia.

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