The Early History of the Deccan (Parts I–XI) v2.c17.s2.t2.12

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Gautamīputra Sātakarṇi's son and successor Vāsiṣṭhīputra Puḷumāvi has left us a fairly large number of coins. The Tarhala hoard of 1,160 legible pieces contained 175 coins of this king and the Chanda hoard of 183 coins had 24 pieces issued by him. They are of the Elephant and Chaitya type, the legend being Puḷumavi(sa) (Pl. LXIII, 1). This type has already been referred to. The type of round lead coins, which he had issued for Āndhra-deśa, had a Three-arched Hill above a wavy line with the legend Raño Vasiṭhīputasa siri Puḷumavisa on the obverse and the Ujjain symbol on the reverse (Pl. LXIII, 2-3). The weights of these coins vary from 78 to 85 grains. The Ship-mast type, once attributed to this ruler (BMCAK, p. 22), has now been shown to be an issue of Yajñaśrī Sātakarṇi; see p. 796.