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1 Unit
| Issuer | Beikthano Kingdom |
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| Year | 100-600 |
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| Composition | Tin |
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| Reverse description | The reverse features a stylized temple or stupa motif at centre, rendered in schematic relief consistent with early Pyu artistic convention. Flanking the temple on both sides are swastika symbols and damaru (double-headed drum) devices, serving as auspicious religious emblems. Three pellets or globules appear in the lower field, while celestial symbols — a crescent moon and a sun disc — occupy the upper field above the central motif. The overall composition reflects the syncretic Buddhist and Hindu iconographic vocabulary characteristic of the Beikthano period. The field is plain and unlettered, with no border of pellets on this side. |
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| Mintage | ND (100-600) |
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Beikthano, located in the Irrawaddy valley of present-day Myanmar, is one of the earliest identified Pyu city-states, with occupation confirmed through excavation by the Myanmar Department of Archaeology. Tin-based coinage from this region remains poorly documented in Western numismatic literature, and attribution of individual pieces to specific reigns or even centuries within the Pyu period is largely impossible given current scholarship.
What the archaeology does confirm: Beikthano was abandoned sometime around the 7th century, likely under pressure from the Pyu city of Sri Ksetra.