Jital - 'Bronze' - Vakka Deva - Shahis of Ohind

The Shahis of Ohind controlled the critical passes of the northwestern subcontinent during a period of sustained Arab pressure from the Umayyad and later Abbasid caliphates — these coins circulated in a frontier economy perpetually braced for military disruption. Vakka Deva is among the lesser-documented rulers in the Shahi succession, and his issues are not prolific. Tye 9.2 distinguishes this subtype within a series where die-cutting quality varies considerably between officinae, and misattributions between adjacent Shahi rulers remain common even in specialist literature.