AR Damma - Anonymous

The Rashtrakutas were still consolidating power in the Deccan during the seventh century, and anonymous fractional silver issues from this period present genuine attribution headaches — the lack of a ruler name was likely deliberate, reflecting either local administrative practice or a transitional monetary authority not yet confident enough to stamp its own name on currency. At 0.82 grams, this falls within the damma weight standard inherited from earlier western Indian traditions rather than the Sasanian-influenced units common further north.