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BI Drachm - Anonymous
| Issuer | Vishnukundin Empire (Deccan Plateau) |
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| Year | 420-624 |
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| Technique | Hammered |
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| Reverse description | Central field displays a diamond-shaped motif flanked on either side by upright standards or tridents, a device characteristic of Deccan dynastic coinage of the Vishnukundin period. The standards are rendered in schematic relief, their shafts and prongs depicted in a highly stylized manner. The entire composition is enclosed within a plain raised linear border, with the field showing the characteristic rough surface of a hammered billon flan. No legend or inscription is present. |
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| Mintage | ND (420-624) |
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The Vishnukundins controlled the eastern Deccan following the fragmentation of Vakataka power, operating from their stronghold near the Krishna-Godavari delta region. Their coinage is among the least documented of any early medieval Indian dynasty — MSI#5127 sits in a reference corpus that itself remains incomplete, with attributions still contested between scholars working on South Indian epigraphy and numismatic sequences.
The billon composition reflects gradual silver debasement across the dynasty's two-century span, making die-linking the primary tool for internal chronology.