Lot 4980

Description

Kumaragupta I, (A.D. 414-455), gold stater, (6.504 grams), horseman type, BMC Class IIa, obv. king with nimbus, with long locks, mounted on horse, prancing to right, Bahmi script around, 'The unconquered Mahendra, invincible, the moon in the sky of the Gupta line, the victorious', rev. goddess Lakshmi with nimbus 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 Bayana hoard, plate XXV, 11-15, cf.BMC 218-9 [Pl.XIII, 10-11] from very similar dies, cf.M.4839). Small dumpy flan, porous, probably has been mounted, otherwise good fine and rare.