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Issuer Beikthano Kingdom
Year 100-600
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Weight 10 g
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Reverse script Brahmi
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Mintage ND (100-600)
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Beikthano, located in the Irrawaddy valley of modern Myanmar, is among the earliest confirmed Pyu city-states, with occupation evidence stretching back to roughly the 1st century AD. These silver units belong to a monetized economy that predates most lowland Southeast Asian coinage traditions by several centuries, likely emerging through overland and maritime trade contact with South Asia rather than from any single political mandate.

The five-century span assigned to this type reflects genuine scholarly uncertainty — Pyu coins resist precise dating, and attribution relies heavily on archaeological stratigraphy from Beikthano excavations conducted in the mid-20th century by the Burma Historical Commission.

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