^Lot 29 CERTIFIED ANCIENT SILVER COIN

AGE AND ORIGIN: THE COIN DATES APPROXIMATELY TO 256–278 AD FROM THE WESTERN KSHATRAPA DYNASTY, SPECIFICALLY ISSUED BY RUDRASENA II

RUDRASENA II (R. C. 385 – 390 CE) WAS A RULER OF THE PRAVARAPURA-NANDIVARDHANA BRANCH OF THE VAKATAKA DYNASTY; WHILE HIS REIGN WAS SHORT, HE NOTABLY MARRIED PRABHAVATIGUPTA, THE DAUGHTER OF THE GUPTAEMPEROR CHANDRAGUPTA II; RUDRASENA'S BRIEF REIGN WAS NOTABLE FOR RELIGIOUS CHANGES WHICH WERE LIKELY BROUGHT ABOUT BY INCREASED GUPTA INFLUENCE AND RUDRASENA BECAME A DEVOTEE OF CHAKRAPANI OR VISHNU

THIS COIN HAS COIN GRADING SERVICE ENCAPSULATION AND AUTHENTICATION

ICG (INDEPENDENT COIN GRADERS)