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Lot # 61 - Gold Dinar Coin of Skandagupta of Gupta Dynasty of Archer type.
Gold Dinar Coin of Skandagupta of Gupta Dynasty of Archer type.
Gold Dinar Coin of Skandagupta of Gupta Dynasty of Archer type. Gold Dinar Coin of Skandagupta of Gupta Dynasty of Archer type.
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Gupta Dynasty, Skandagupta (Kramaditya) (455-467 CE), Gold Heavy Dinar, “Archer” type, Obv: the king standing facing left, nimbate, holding a longbow in his left hand and an arrow in his right, a filleted Garuda standard on the left field, Brahmi legend “Skanda" below the king's arm, Brahmi legend around the field, Rev: the goddess Lakshmi, nimbate, facing forward and seated in the padmasana posture on a lotus, holding a diadem in her right hand and a lotus in her left, whose stem is coming from inside the hand resting on her thigh,  tamgha on the left field, Brahmi legend "Kramaditya" on the right, dotted border around, 9.0g, 20.12mm, (Altekar. Bayana Hoard # Pl. XXXII-2/TOTGE, S. Kumar # Class. II-Var. A), choice very fine, Rare.