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1/2 Namo
| Issuer | Pre-Islamic kingdoms |
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| Year | 800-1000 |
| Type | Standard circulation coin |
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| Obverse description | Single Brahmi syllable 'Na' rendered in relief at center, enclosed within a circular incuse border. The character is executed in the archaic South Asian Brahmi script tradition, characteristic of early medieval Southeast Asian coinage. The deeply convex flan gives the design a pronounced dome-like profile, typical of these diminutive silver issues. The field surrounding the legend is plain and unadorned. |
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| Obverse lettering | 𑀦 |
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The term "paktong" applied here is a misnomer that has persisted in older references — true paktong is a copper-nickel-zinc alloy, while these small Kabulshahi-related fractional pieces are generally a debased billon or low-grade silver, their precise alloy composition varying considerably by hoard evidence. The Mitchiner references place this type within the broad transition period when Hindu Shahi authority was fragmenting under sustained Saffarid and later Ghaznavid pressure.