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| 表面の文字体系 | Brahmi |
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| 裏面の説明 | Central device consisting of a trident symbol, the dynastic emblem of the Maitrakas of Vallabhi, prominently placed in the center of the field. The trident motif is surrounded by a Brahmi legend arranged in a circular fashion around the periphery of the coin. The design is rendered in a crude but characteristic style typical of early Maitraka billon issues, with the religious and dynastic symbolism closely linked to Shaivite tradition. |
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The Maitrakas established themselves at Valabhī in Gujarat after the collapse of Gupta imperial authority in the western provinces, ruling as a post-Gupta successor state from roughly the late fifth century onward. Their silver-alloy coinage follows a degraded tradition inherited from the Western Kshatrapas, whose own drachm types had themselves descended from Saka and ultimately Hellenistic prototypes — a chain of imitation spanning several centuries by the time these billon pieces were struck.
Mitchiner WI#258 places this type at the transitional moment when Valabhī was consolidating regional power but before the dynasty's prolific copper issues dominated local exchange.