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1/4 Unit Halin
| Issuer | City of Halin (Pyu city-states) |
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| Year | 400-600 |
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| Composition | Silver (.960) |
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| Reverse description | Central field bearing a humped bull (Zebu) depicted in profile facing left, rendered in a fluid, stylized manner consistent with Pyu artistic conventions of the early medieval period. The animal's body is delineated by sweeping curved lines with a prominent dorsal hump and scattered pellet ornaments distributed across the field. The design is enclosed within a linear inner border, with additional decorative linear elements near the periphery of the irregular flan. No inscriptions or legends are present. |
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| Mintage | ND (400-600) - Rising Sun - 4 Sun Rays Variety - ND (400-600) - Rising Sun - 5 Sun Rays Variety - |
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The Pyu city-states of upper Burma operated as commercially sophisticated polities well before Burman migrations reshaped the region, and Halin — the northernmost of the major Pyu centers — issued coinage tied to a weight standard traceable to early Indian reckoning. The quarter-unit designation places this piece within a fractional system designed for small-scale market exchange, not tribute or ceremonial use. Halin fell into decline sometime after the 9th century, likely accelerated by Nanzhao raids from Yunnan documented in Tang Chinese sources around 832 AD.