Panchala Dynasty, Rajnyah Vijayamitra (220 CE)

Copper 1/4 Karshapana

Obverse: Brahmi legend "Rajnyah Vijaya(mitasa)" in two lines

Reverse: a conch shell placed horizontally on a platform, flanked by standards, chakra (sacred wheel) above

Weight: 1.60g              Size: 12.62mm

Ref.: JONS by Karan Singh 234 # Fig. 6

 about very fine, Very Rare.

Note: This is a newly discovered type and an example of Rajnyah Vijayamitra’s coinage. It has only just been published by Karan Singh in the Journal of the Oriental Numismatic Society #234 (2019). This ruler issued coins after the decline of the Kushans when Panchala restored its sovereignty. Until now, it was assumed that only Achyuta ruled in this period but, as Karan Singh has shown, two more rulers emerged after the fall of the Kushans: Rajnyah Bhanumitra and Rajnyah Vijayamitra.