| 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)
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| 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.
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| 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. |