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1 Stater - Prithubata
| Issuer | Samatata, Kingdom of |
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| Year | 695-700 |
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| Composition | Gold (.600) (Debased, Estimate: 60-70%) |
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| Edge | Plain |
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| Mintage | ND (695-700) |
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Samatata occupied the Ganges-Brahmaputra delta region — roughly modern southeastern Bangladesh — and functioned as a semi-independent kingdom that paid nominal tribute to the Gupta successors before asserting its own dynastic coinage. Prithubata is attested only through numismatic evidence; no inscriptions confirm his reign, making this stater one of the few primary sources for his existence at all.
The debased gold reflects the broader monetary fragmentation of 7th-century Bengal, as access to pure bullion networks collapsed following the decline of Gupta imperial administration. Regional rulers struck what metal they had.