Item number: A2020

Year: AD 632–712

The results after XRF testing

Material: Silver

Size: 14.0 x 14.2 x 1.1 mm

Weight: 1.2 g

Provenance: Da Chen Stamps & Coins Collection 2015

This is a fractional Drachm silver coin issued by the Brahmin dynasty, a Hindu kingdom that ruled the Sindh region in the northwestern part of the Indian subcontinent during the late 7th to 8th century.

The coin is approximately circular in shape. On the obverse, it features four round pellets arranged in an inverted triangular pattern, with two slender Brahmi letters, “Ha Si,” positioned at the lower right. Due to the manual striking process used for these coins, the design is often incomplete. A fully struck version would display an inverted triangle formed by six pellets, topped by five cylindrical shapes as decoration, with additional Brahmi script inscribed below. The reverse side of the coin is blank, devoid of any symbols or inscriptions.

The Brahman dynasty, centred in Sindh, reached its territorial peak, encompassing coastal regions of present-day Iran, Pakistan, and India. In the early 7th century, with the rise of the Islamic Empire in the Arabian Peninsula, Arab naval forces launched small-scale raids into Sindh during the reign of the second Rashidun Caliph, Umar. However, it was not until AD 711 that the Umayyad Caliphate launched a full-scale invasion, leading to the conquest of Sindh, which subsequently became a strategic foothold for the Islamic expansion into the Indian subcontinent.

物件編號: A2020

年代: 公元 632–712 年

XRF分析結果:

材質: 銀

尺寸: 14.0 x 14.2 x 1.1 mm

重量: 1.2 g

來源: 大城郵幣社 2015

這是一枚公元7至8世紀之際，以南亞次大陸西北部的信德地區為統治中心的印度教王國婆羅門王朝，發行之小面額的打蘭銀幣。

錢幣外觀近似於圓形，正面有打印呈現倒三角圖騰的四粒圓珠，圓珠的右下角有兩個纖細的婆羅米字母「Ha Si」。由於這些錢幣是以手工的方式打印圖騰，使得錢幣上的圖騰多不完整。完整的圖騰會是六粒圓珠組成的倒三角形，頂端則有五個圓柱體作為裝飾，並且在下方打印不同的婆羅米文。錢幣背面則是光背，沒有任何圖騰或文字。

婆羅門王朝以信德為中心，領土在鼎盛時期涵蓋伊朗、巴基斯坦和印度的沿海地區。於公元7世紀初，隨著伊斯蘭帝國在阿拉伯半島的崛起，於第二任正統哈里發歐瑪爾統治時期，阿拉伯人的海軍就已經小規模的侵襲信德地區。不過直到公元711年，伍麥亞帝國才展開大規模的征服，信德成為伊斯蘭政權向南亞次大陸擴張的墊腳石。