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Tetradrachm - Kharahostes Northern Satraps
| Issuer | Northern Satraps (Indo-Scythian Kingdom) |
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| Year | 20 BC - 1 AD |
| Type | Standard circulation coin |
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| Reverse script | Greek |
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| Edge | Plain |
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Kharahostes is among the more obscure figures of the Northern Satraps, a fragmented successor power that emerged as Indo-Scythian authority contracted under pressure from the Kushans and rival satrapal lines. His issues are poorly attested in the historical record — no ancient source names him directly — and the chronology assigned to his reign rests almost entirely on coin evidence and die-link analysis relative to better-documented satraps like Rajuvula.
Senior 139 is not a common type. The bronze tetradrachm denomination itself was an adaptation to local economic conditions in the northwestern subcontinent, where silver supplies had grown unreliable for smaller administrative issues.