1 Dinar - Pratapaditya II

The Kidarites emerged in Bactria following the collapse of Kushano-Sasanian power in the late 4th century, filling a vacuum left by competing pressures from the Sasanian Empire to the west and the Gupta Empire to the east. Pratapaditya II remains poorly documented in textual sources — much of what is known about the dynastic sequence comes from coin typology alone. The debased gold reflects the Kidarites' declining economic position as Hephthalite pressure mounted through the 5th century, ultimately ending the dynasty entirely.