The Kidarite kingdom — a Hunnic successor state that pushed into the northwestern subcontinent after fragmenting Kushano-Sasanian power in the fourth century — had largely collapsed as a political force well before this coin's probable striking date. What circulated under tribal authority in Kashmir during the seventh century was less a state coinage than a residual monetary habit: local chiefs perpetuating Kidarite types long after the dynasty itself had ceased to function. The debasement is telling. Gold was being stretched, not celebrated.
Sri Tujina remains unidentified in any documentary source with certainty.
The Kidarite kingdom — a Hunnic successor state that pushed into the northwestern subcontinent after fragmenting Kushano-Sasanian power in the fourth century — had largely collapsed as a political force well before this coin's probable striking date. What circulated under tribal authority in Kashmir during the seventh century was less a state coinage than a residual monetary habit: local chiefs perpetuating Kidarite types long after the dynasty itself had ceased to function. The debasement is telling. Gold was being stretched, not celebrated.
Sri Tujina remains unidentified in any documentary source with certainty.