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Lot # 109 - King and Queen type Gold Dinar Coin of Samudragupta of Gupta Dynasty.
King and Queen type Gold Dinar Coin of Samudragupta of Gupta Dynasty.
King and Queen type Gold Dinar Coin of Samudragupta of Gupta Dynasty. King and Queen type Gold Dinar Coin of Samudragupta of Gupta Dynasty. King and Queen type Gold Dinar Coin of Samudragupta of Gupta Dynasty.
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DenominationGold Dinara MetalGold
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Gupta Dynasty, Samudragupta (335-370 CE), Gold Dinar, "King and Queen" type (Lichchhavayah), issued in the memory of his parents Chandragupta I and Kumaradevi, Obv: the king, nimbate, standing to the right facing, the queen standing on the left, the king offering a ring to the queen, both have a halo over their heads, and a crescent is visible between the king and the queen, Brahmi legend "Kumaradevi" on the left field behind the queen, "Chandra" and "Gupta" in the right field divided by a crescent standard which is held in the king's left hand, Rev: the goddess Durga seated in the paralambapadasana on a recumbent Lion facing left, holding a cornucopia and a pasha, a tamgha on the left field, Brahmi legend "Lichchhavayah" on the right field and a dotted border around the field, 7.76g, 19.27mm, (Variant of Altekar, Bayana Hoard #  Pl. I-9/TOTGE, S. Kumar # Class II-Var. A.3), about extremely fine, Extremely Rare. 


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