Elephant left, Sri Samantadeva in Nagari above / Lion walking right, star above. 18mm, 1.64 grams. Tye 19var. (without the star, the star is know for Vakkadeva only).

The Hindu Shahis were a dynasty that held sway over the Kabul Valley, Gandhara and western Punjab during the early medieval period in the Indian subcontinent. Details regarding past rulers can only be assembled from disparate chronicles, coins and stone inscriptions