Hiranyakas of Rayalaseema / South-Central Karnataka, Kosikiputa Kutura Khadakama, Lead, 16.76g, Obv: Horse standing facing right on a platform, a Shrivatsa above it back and a solid ball in front of the mouth; Brahmi legend “Raño Kosikiputasa Hirañakānām Siri Kutura Khadakamasa” around, Rev: Ten arched chaitya and a tree-in railing over a platform with river below (Unpublished in major sources). Very fine, very rare.
The Hiranyakas rose in prominence in the Andhra-Telangana-Karnataka borderlands as an independent political entity in the aftermath of the Satavahanas. They were matrimonially related to the Ikshvakus. The Hiranyakas struck a copious coinage in lead, depicting a horse which was their totemic emblem in all probability.