Lot 1096 – Gupta Empire, Chandragupta I, c. 319-335, AV dinar, 7.12 g. King and Queen
Lot 1096 – Gupta Empire, Chandragupta I, c. 319-335, AV dinar, 7.12 g. King and Queen
Gupta Empire, Chandragupta I, c. 319-335, AV dinar, 7.12 g. King and Queen.
Special features: king wearing pleated leggings, holding a crescent staff in left hand (with crescent top being off flan), Brahmi legend at left srikumaradevih, Brahmi legend right chandra. Goddess enthroned facing, seated on lion facing right, holding diadem and cornucopia, tamgha to left, sharply struck and fully legible Brahmi inscription at right, lichchhavayah. Kumar TOTGE 2024 Class I. Raven, SG/group 1.
VF-EF, lustrous surfaces, struck from worn and rusty dies.
Ex Chand Collection British Museum no 1.8.24.
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