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1 Dinar - Kidarite Huns
| Issuer | Kidarite Kingdom |
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| Year | 360-457 |
| Type | Standard circulation coin |
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| Obverse script | Brahmi |
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| Mintage | ND (360-457) |
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The Kidarites emerged from the collapse of the Kushano-Sasanian buffer zone in the mid-fourth century, filling the power vacuum left as Sasanian control over Bactria fragmented. Their gold dinars deliberately imitated the weight standard and iconographic conventions of Kushan coinage — a calculated political statement aimed at projecting dynastic legitimacy to populations accustomed to Kushan monetary authority. The kingdom was eventually dismantled by the Hephthalites in the late fifth century, compressing the entire coinage sequence into roughly a single century.
The electrum specimens almost certainly reflect regional debasement during later phases of the dynasty, when access to pure bullion sources became less reliable.