The Early History of the Deccan (Parts I–XI) v2.c17.s2.t2.6

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When Gautamīputra Sātakarṇi crushed the power of Nahapāna and annexed his kingdom, he took the rather unusual step of recalling the silver currency of his vanquished foe and stamping it with his own symbols, bust, and legend. A hoard of about 13,250 such counterstruck silver coins was discovered at Jogalthembi near Nasik in 1906. On the original hemidrachms of Nahapāna the obverse had a bust of the king with a corrupt Greek legend Ranniw IAHAPATAC NAHAPANAC (giving a transliteration of the Indian legend); and the reverse had Thunderbolt, Arrow, and Pellet with legends both in Brāhmī and Kharoshṭhī *Rājño Kṣaharātasa Nahapanasa* and *Raña Chhaharatasa Nahapanasa* respectively (Pl. LXII, 13). Gautamīputra Sātakarṇi counterstruck one side with Chaitya and its own legend and other with the Ujjain symbol. We describe and illustrate below two such coins.