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Lot # 44 - Rare Gold Dinar Coin of Samudragupta of Guptas of Archer type.
Rare Gold Dinar Coin of Samudragupta of Guptas of Archer type.
Rare Gold Dinar Coin of Samudragupta of Guptas of Archer type. Rare Gold Dinar Coin of Samudragupta of Guptas of Archer type.
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Gupta Dynasty, Samudragupta (335-370 CE), Gold Dinar, “Archer” type, Obv: the king standing facing the left, nimbate, holding a longbow in his left hand and an arrow in his right, wearing a royal diadem, with a filleted Garuda standard in the left field, the Brahmi legend “Samudra" below the king's arm, a circular Brahmi legend “Apratiratho vijitya kshitim sucharitair divam jayati” around the field, Rev: the goddess Lakshmi, nimbate, seated on a high backed throne, whose four 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, the Brahmi legend “Apratirathah" (Matchless Chariot Warrior) on the right field, a dotted border around the field, 7.3g, 20.69mm, (Unlisted in Altekar/TGE, S. Kumar # Class I -Var. A.2), about very fine, Rare.

Note: A clear indication of the Indianization of the Gupta coinage can be seen in the shift from the standard type to the archer type.