Drachm

Obverse description	Stylized royal bust facing right, rendered in the degenerate Indo-Sasanian tradition derived from late Sasanian prototypes. The effigy displays a schematically drawn head with a prominent beaded or crescent headdress above, and vestigial facial features including a simplified eye and beard. The field is plain and the flan is irregular, characteristic of the hammered coinage of the Maitraka rulers of Valabhi.
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Reverse script	Brahmi
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Additional information	The Maitrakas ruled from Valabhi in Saurashtra — modern Gujarat — after breaking from the Gupta empire in the late fifth century and establishing one of western India's more durable post-Gupta regional powers. Their silver drachms are direct descendants of the degraded Gupta coinage tradition, compressed through three centuries of local minting into increasingly schematic forms that grew more abstract with each generation of dies. Valabhi itself was sacked by Arab forces around 775 AD, effectively ending Maitraka power and cutting the series short.