Boogie, Boogie, Amoghabhuti AR Drachm, Kunindas

Another one gathering dust on my phone. I picked this one up last summer for a criminally low price.

Kuninda kingdom (NE India, Himalayas)
Amoghabhuti, c. Late 2nd century BC
AR Drachm
Obv: Stag standing right, Lakshmi standing left holding flower. Brahmi "Rajnah Kunindasya Amoghabhutisya maharajasya"
Rev: Six-mound stupa, surrounded by Triratna (top), Bodhi tree (right), swastika (top left), and a "standard" whose meaning has been lost. Kharosthi transliteration of obverse legend.



Nothing is known of Amoghabhuti outside of his coins, but hoard evidence demonstrates that he was a contemporary of Apollodotus II. He was one of the few indigenous rulers to strike coins to the Indo-Greek drachm standard, and is the only one whose silver coins are not very rare.