Lot 3820

Description

Kumaragupta I, (A.D. 414-455), gold stater, (8.0 grams), horseman type, BMC Class I, obv. king nimbate, 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 nimbate seated on wicker stool, to left, holding a bow and lotus without a peacock, to right, the Brahmi legend 'Ajitavikramah (he whose prowess is unsurpassed)', (Altekar cf.plate XXII, 10, BMC 207 [Pl.XIII, 4] from very similar dies, cf.M.4840). Small dumpy flan, probably has been mounted, otherwise very fine and rare.