1 Stater - Prithubata

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.