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This coin belongs to the so-called Yashaditya series, a Hunnic or post-Hunnic kingdom that existed in northern Sind and southern Punjab (Multan area) during the 6th-8th centuries. Fishman and Todd discovered this new king and published his coins in their 2018 book. They identified him as Jayasimha of the Chach dynasty of Alor.
Fishman and Todd don't focus on the most interesting feature of the coins of Rana Vigraha - some of his coins have portraits very similar to those we see on the coins of Yashaditya, while others (like this one) have a rather unique type of portrait that has an arc above the face and shows the king bare-headed, with dots representing his hair.
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