Indian Coins
Lot 4979 Session 17 (11.30am Saturday) Indian Coins
Estimate $600
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KUMARAGUPTA I, (A.D. 414-455), gold stater, (7.96 grams), horseman type, obv. king nimbate, with long locks, mounted on horse, prancing to left, Bahmi script around, 'The unconquered Mahendra, invincible, the moon in the sky of the Gupta line, the victorious', rev. goddess Lakshmi nimbate seated on wicker stool, to left, holding a lotus and feeding a peacock from a bunch of fruit, to right, the Brahmi legend 'Ajitavikramah (he whose prowess is unsurpassed)', (Altekar cf.plate XXIV, 2ff, BMC 226 [Pl.XIII, 16] from very similar dies, cf.M.4841). Very fine and rare.
Ex. Spink & Son, Pty. Ltd., London, by private purchase June 23, 1978. The horseman type was introduced by Chandragupta II, and became the favourite type of Kumaragupta I. Two types were introduced on the reverse. In class I she holds a lotus and sometimes a noose. In class II she feeds grapes to a peacock.
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Estimate $600
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