An Encyclopaedia of Indian Archaeology v2.c45.375

v2.c45.375

A lead coin of a hitherto unknown ruler Śrī Sāta Kumāra has been recovered from this Pd. The legend is in early Brāhmī characters of *c.* 1st century B.C. The obverse, in addition to the legend, bears the *tri-ratna*, *svastika* and *nandipada* whereas the reverse shows a fruit-bearing tree within square railing and wavy line with two pellets in lower curves below the tree. The author of the coin may be identified either with Sāti-Siri of the larger Nanaghat inscription of Śaktikumāra of Jaina tradition. He could be a local ruler as well.