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Debased Dinar - Namvihakya Kidarite Successors
| Issuer | Tribes in Jammu and Kashmir (Kidarite Kingdom) |
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| Year | 600-700 |
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| Technique | Hammered |
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| Obverse description | Highly schematized and debased bust of the ruler facing right, rendered in a bold but abstract style typical of late Kidarite coinage. The figure retains vestiges of the Kushano-Sasanian royal portrait tradition, with a stylized headdress surmounted by a crescent and pellet ornaments dispersed throughout the field. A sunburst or star motif occupies the central field, flanked by clusters of globules arranged in a grape-bunch pattern to the left. Brahmi legend reading KIDARA appears in the right field, confirming dynastic attribution. |
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| Obverse script | Brahmi |
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| Reverse description | Central field dominated by a large, boldly struck tamgha or dynastic symbol in the form of a trident-like device with a broad crossbar and three descending prongs, derived from earlier Kushano-Sasanian iconographic traditions. To the right, a schematized standing or crouching figure is visible, rendered in the highly abstracted style characteristic of post-Kidarite debased issues. The field is scattered with pellets and subsidiary symbols. The Brahmi legend SRI NAMVIHA appears in the right field, identifying the issuing ruler. A continuous border of pellets or beads frames the entire design. |
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