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AR Damma - Ranavigraha
| Issuer | Sindh Kingdom (Indian states) |
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| Year | 700-712 |
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| Technique | Hammered |
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| Obverse description | Stylized effigy of a crowned royal bust facing right, rendered in a highly schematic and abstracted Indo-Sasanian artistic tradition. The king's crown and facial features are depicted in a degenerate, symbolic manner characteristic of late Sindhi coinage. A beaded or textile-like border encircles the periphery of the flan, imitating the appearance of a stitched or braided decorative frame. |
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| Reverse description | Central device consisting of a stylized trishula (trident) rendered in a bold, schematic form typical of early medieval Sindhi hammered coinage, rising prominently from the center of the flan. The trident shaft and prongs are depicted in a highly abstracted manner. Surrounding the central device, a circular Brahmi legend occupies the field, reading 'sri ranavigraha', identifying the issuing ruler. The strike is characteristically rough and irregular, consistent with the crude artisanal production methods of the period. |
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| Reverse lettering | sri ranavigraha |
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