Western Kshatrapas, Karddamaka dynasty Chastana As Raja Ksatrapa, (ca. 1-52 SE / ca. c. 78-130 AD), Silver drachm, Trilingual Type With only Sun and Moon, (Wt: 2.15gms, Dia: 14 mm).

Obverse : Sun and Moon in the right field, inscriptions in Brahmi (Ralño KsaTraPaSa GhsaMoTiKaPuTraSa ChaȘtaNaSa).

Reverse :  Well executed bust of king facing right.

Comment : Early type with a sun and crescent only. The coins of this type probably represent the earliest coins struck by Chastana, shortly before he adopted the "hill, sun and crescents" design. It is sometimes assumed that these coins were issued before Chastana's capture of parts of Malwa, when a Satavahana symbol, a hill or chaitya, was added to the coins of Chastana. The coins of this type are very rare, even though at least one very large hoard of these coins was reportedly discovered in 2012. This is the only type of karshapana issued by any of the Katrapas that did not depict the hill along with the sun and crescents. The reverse inscription is in Brahmi only, even though a few coins seem to show some traces of an uncertain Kharoshti legend at 11 o'clock. This type is virtually never seen well-struck - the absolute majority of coins of this type are poorly struck, and the reverse inscription is always fragmentary. However, because of the unique reverse type, this type is always easy to attribute, even when the reverse inscriptions cannot be read. Two minor varieties of this type are known, one with a dot between the sun and crescent and one without the dot. Both are of about similar rarity. Some coin seem to be overstruck on the silver drachms of Nahapäna and the undertype of Nahapäna is seen on some rare specimens. These coins cannot be attributed to any particular mint, but these coins are closer in style to the future "Mint B" coins than "Mint A". Fishman type 4.2R, pg. 29, Rare.