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Hunnic Obol - Sind Sind and Gujarat
| Issuer | Sindh Kingdom (Indian states) |
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| Year | 712-717 |
| Type | Standard circulation coin |
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| Obverse description | Highly schematized and degraded bust of Rana Vigraha facing right, rendered in a bold, deeply struck style characteristic of late Hunnic coinage traditions of Sind. The facial features are reduced to abstract relief elements, with a prominent curved line denoting the jaw and chin, and a series of parallel ridges to the right suggesting a crown or headdress. The overall treatment reflects the progressive stylization of the royal effigy as it evolved through successive die generations in this regional coinage. |
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| Reverse lettering | SRI RANA VIGRAHA |
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The window between 712 and 717 places this issue squarely within the upheaval of the Umayyad conquest of Sind under Muhammad bin Qasim, when local coinage traditions were disrupted and surviving indigenous issues became increasingly scarce. These small silver obols descend from the degraded Hunnic coinage that had circulated through the northwestern subcontinent for generations, the designs worn down through successive copying until the original Sasanian-derived types became nearly unrecognizable.
Few issues from this precise transitional moment survive in any quantity.