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Lot # 41 - Gold Dinar Coin of Samudragupta of Gupta Dynasty of of Scepter type.
Gold Dinar Coin of Samudragupta of Gupta Dynasty of of Scepter type.
Gold Dinar Coin of Samudragupta of Gupta Dynasty of of Scepter type. Gold Dinar Coin of Samudragupta of Gupta Dynasty of of Scepter type.
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Gupta Dynasty, Samudragupta (335-370 CE), Gold Dinar, “Scepter/Standard” type, Obv: the king standing facing left, nimbate, holding the royal scepter (Rajadhanda), adorned with a ribbon in his left hand and sacrificing over an altar, a filleted Garuda standard on the left field, the Brahmi legend “Samudra” below the king's arm, a circular Brahmi legend “Samarasativitata(vijayojitari…”, Rev: the goddess Lakshmi, nimbate, seated on a high backed throne whose two legs are clearly visible, with her feet resting on a circular mat below, a diadem and a cornucopia in her hands, a tamgha on the top-left field and a small symbol made up of four dots on the top-right, the Brahmi legend “Parakramah” on the right field, a dotted border around the field, 6.59g, 20.64mm, (Variant of Altekar, Bayana Hoard # Pl. II-14/Variant of TOTGE, S. Kumar # Class II -Var. C.3), choice very fine, Rare.