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PB Unit
| Issuer | Hiranyaka dynasty |
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| Year | 300-350 |
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| Weight | 11.44 g |
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| Obverse description | Horse standing in profile to right, rendered in a stylized, provincial manner characteristic of early medieval Indian coinage. The animal is depicted with a compact body and raised head, occupying the central field of the flan. The design is executed in low relief with irregular, somewhat crude workmanship typical of cast lead issues of the period. |
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| Edge | Plain |
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The Hiranyaka were among several minor dynastic powers operating in the Deccan and surrounding regions during the early centuries CE, issuing lead coinage at a time when the metal served practical monetary functions that copper and silver could not always fill at the local level. Lead units of this type circulated in contexts where small-denomination exchange demanded bulk rather than intrinsic value.
MIG 1396 places this squarely within Mitchiner's cataloguing of indigenous coinages, though attribution to the Hiranyaka specifically rests on findspot patterns and typological grouping rather than explicit inscriptional evidence on the coins themselves.