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1 Unit - Naramsimhavarman I 630 - 668 AD
| Issuer | Pallava dynasty |
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| Year | 630-668 |
| Type | Standard circulation coin |
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| Reverse description | Reverse displays a heavily worn and corroded field with faint raised device, possibly a standing or seated figure or a symbolic emblem associated with Pallava dynastic iconography. A prominent vertical raised line or shaft-like element is visible near the center, potentially representing a trident or royal standard motif. The flan is irregular in outline with pronounced surface corrosion and green cuprite deposits typical of aged potin alloy. The striking is crude and characteristic of hand-hammered South Indian coinage of the 7th century AD. |
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| Edge | Plain |
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Narasimhavarman I — known by the epithet Mamalla, "the great wrestler" — extended Pallava power aggressively during his reign, most notably sacking the Chalukya capital of Vatapi around 642 AD and killing the Chalukya king Pulakesi II, a rival who had previously humiliated his father Mahendravarman I. The Pallava coinage of this period is poorly documented in Western numismatic literature, and potin issues of this type circulated across a Tamil trading economy that operated largely outside coin-dependent exchange.