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Lot 2131    Session 7 (11.30am Thursday)    Indian Coins

Estimate $400
Bid at live.noble.com.au
SOLD $800

CHANDRAGUPTA II, (c.A.D. 375-414), gold stater, (7.90 grams), archer type degraded style, cf.BMC Class IIa, obv. king nimbate, standing to left, wearing Kushan style coat and trousers, holding a bow in his left hand, and an arrow in his right hand, the Garuda-topped standard to left, Chandra in Brahmi letters to his immediate right, around 'Maharajah Chandragupta', rev. goddess Lakshmi nimbate seated cross-legged facing on lotus, raising arms, holding a lotus and a noose, symbol to upper left, to right trace of Brahmi legend, (M.-, cf.Altekar plate X, 13 but later; cf.BMC 74-76 [Pl.VI, 16-18] from very similar dies). Good very fine and very rare.

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