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Lot # 30 - Rare Gold Heavy Dinar Coin of Skandagupta of Gupta Dynasty of Archer type.
Rare Gold Heavy Dinar Coin of Skandagupta of Gupta Dynasty of Archer type.
Rare Gold Heavy Dinar Coin of Skandagupta of Gupta Dynasty of Archer type. Rare Gold Heavy Dinar Coin of Skandagupta of Gupta Dynasty of Archer type.
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Gupta Dynasty, Skandagupta (455-467 AD), Gold Heavy Dinar, “Archer” type, Obv: King, nimbate, standing facing left, wearing long sash and necklace, the king holds a long bow in his left hand and arrow in his right with garuda standard at left, the Brahmi legend “Skanda” is below the king’s arm, Rev: goddess Lakshmi seated on a lotus in padmasana facing front, holding diadem in her right hand while the left is resting on her thigh, a lotus whose stem rises from under her left arm is seen adjacent to the goddess’s face, blurred Brahmi legend “Sri Skandaguptah”, Sankhanidhi symbol with pearls flowing out at left, 9.4g, 18.29mm, (TOTGE, S. Kumar # Class. II-Var. B), about very fine, Rare.