Satavahanas Coins
- The Satavahana kings mostly used lead as a material for their coins and silver coins were rare.
- They used an alloy of silver and copper called ‘potin’.
- On one side, most of the Satavahana coins had the figure of an elephant, horse, lion or Chaitya. The other side showed the Ujjain symbol.
- The dialect used was Prakrit.
Coins of the Western Satraps
- They had their dominion in Western India.
- The coins of the Western Satraps have head of the king on one side and on the other side, they carry the device of the Buddhist chaitya or stupa evidently borrowed from Satavahanas.
- Prakrit language has been found written in many scripts.
