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1 Dinar - Durla Deva
| Issuer | Jammu and Kashmir, Tribes in |
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| Year | 401-500 |
| Type | Standard circulation coin |
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| Obverse lettering | Kidara |
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| Edge | Plain |
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The tribal coinages of early medieval Kashmir occupy a poorly documented stretch of numismatic history, falling between the decline of Kushano-Sasanian authority and the consolidation of later Hindu Shahi power. Durla Deva is one of several local dynastic names recorded almost exclusively through coin evidence — no contemporary inscription or chronicle corroborates the reign with any precision, which makes pieces like this one primary historical documents rather than illustrations of known history.
The gold fineness of .338 places this well below standard late antique coinage, a degradation consistent with disrupted trade networks and contracting bullion supplies across the northwest frontier during the fifth century.