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Ratnatraya Dinar - Samatata Sri Ratnatraya, Debased
| Uitgever | Kingdom of Samatata (India (ancient)) |
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| Jaar | 700-800 |
| Type | Standard circulation coin |
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| Beschrijving keerzijde | A cow and calf depicted in couchant position, the cow turning its head to lick the calf in a naturalistic pastoral composition typical of early medieval South Asian coinage. Above the animals, a crescent moon with a central dot is prominently placed in the upper field. Below the animals, a stylised representation of a mountain or sacred hill occupies the lower field. The imagery reflects Buddhist and possibly Brahmanical iconographic traditions associated with the Samatata region. Die execution is irregular and consistent with the debased hammered technique employed throughout this series. |
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| Oplage | ND (700-800) |
| Aanvullende informatie |
Samatata occupied the eastern delta of Bengal — roughly modern Bangladesh and West Bengal — and operated at the margins of both the Gupta cultural sphere and the expanding influence of the Pala dynasty. By the eighth century, the kingdom's gold coinage had degraded substantially, with the "gold" content of some issues dropping far enough to suggest either severe resource constraints or deliberate monetary manipulation. This piece falls into that debased category, placing it at a moment when the polity was likely under considerable political and economic pressure.
The Zeno reference is thin. Very few Samatata issues have been systematically cataloged, and die studies for this type remain essentially absent from the scholarship.