Catalog
Stater - Sri Shahi Rasra
| Issuer | Sindh Kingdom (Indian states) |
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| Year | 525-575 |
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| Technique | Hammered |
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| Reverse script | Brahmi |
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| Edge | Plain |
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The Sri Shahi Rasra staters belong to a poorly understood sequence of post-Gupta regional issues produced in Sindh as central authority in the subcontinent collapsed following the Huna invasions of the late fifth century. The debased gold reflects not a single debasement event but a gradual erosion across successive rulers scrambling to maintain a coinage tradition they no longer had the bullion reserves to sustain properly.
The "Rasra" designation remains a subject of scholarly dispute — some read it as a royal epithet, others as a mint or regional identifier. No consensus has held.