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Lot 3597    Session 12 (11.30am Thursday)    Indian Coins

Estimate $450
Bid at live.noble.com.au

SAMUDRAGUPTA, (c.A.D. 330-370), gold stater, (7.532 grams), standard type, obv. king standing to left, wearing Kushan style coat and trousers, holding a tall standard with his left hand, sacrificing over altar, in the field to left is the garudadhvaja, the Garuda-topped standard, rev. goddess Lakshmi seated facing on a two leg stool, holding a cornucopiae and a noose, symbols to left, to right, (Altekar Bayana hoard cf.plate I, 11-15; BMC 1-13 [Pl.I, 1-17, cf.M.4773-4780). Of fine style, good very fine, very scarce.

This is the first type coin struck by the Guptas, and clearly derived its inspiration from the Kushan type of Kanishka II and successors. The tridents are transformed into a plain standard and the Garuda-standard. Ardoksho enthroned becomes Lakshmi enthroned, whose adjuncts, the noose and cornucopiae identify her image. The engraver in most Gupta coins always gave the obverse his greatest attention with his skill, for both its composition and style, but the reverse was less important and generally of poorer style.

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