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# Pin

Flat, cast, copper alloy hair- or dress-pin terminal representing a stylised bird: U-shaped with an almost identical head and tail resembling two addorsed birds' heads. On both sides a small punched dot in circle marks the eye and tail, with another one in the middle of the body. The shaft is missing.

- **Kind:** coin
- **Date:** 700–999 CE
- **Place:** Kāpiśī (34.9800, 69.3000)

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Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/inp.coin.specimen.bm.iolc-5462](https://indike.org/pramana/inp.coin.specimen.bm.iolc-5462) · Pramāṇa
