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Lot # 38 - Gold Dinar Coin of Samudragupta of Gupta Dynasty of King and Queen type.
Gold Dinar Coin of Samudragupta of Gupta Dynasty of King and Queen type.
Gold Dinar Coin of Samudragupta of Gupta Dynasty of King and Queen type. Gold Dinar Coin of Samudragupta of Gupta Dynasty of King and Queen type.
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Gupta Dynasty, Samudragupta (335-370 AD), Gold Dinar, "King and Queen" type (Lichchhavayah), issued in the memory of his parents Chandragupta I and Kumaradevi, Obv: the king, nimbate, wearing a short tunic, standing to the right facing the queen standing on the left, the king offering a ring to queen?, both have a halo over their heads, the king does not wear a diadem on his head, and a crescent is visible between the king and the queen, the Brahmi legend "Kumaradevi Shri" 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", with her feet resting on a circular mat below, holding a cornucopia and a pasha, a tamgha on the left field, the Brahmi legend ("Lichchhavayah") on the right field and a dotted border around the field, 7.50g, 20.26mm, (variant of BMC #  Pl. III-10/variant of TOTGE, S. Kumar # Class II-Var. B.5, Unlisted in Altekar), choice very fine, Very Rare. 

Note: The obverse legend on this specimen reads Kumaradevi Shri instead of usual Shri Kumaradevi, this type is Very Rare.