Indian Coins
Lot 3424 Session 11 (9.30am Thursday) Indian Coins
Estimate $230
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SOLD $230
CHANDRAGUPTA II, (c.A.D. 375-414), gold stater, (7.676 grams), archer type, BMC Class IIb, obv. king with nimbus, 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, rev. goddess Lakshmi with nimbus, seated cross-legged facing on lotus, holding a lotus and a noose, symbol to upper left, (cf.M.4810, Altekar Bayana hoard, cf.plate XIX, 1-15, BMC 88 [Pl.XII, 8-12]). Very fine and scarce.
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Lot 3422
CHANDRAGUPTA II, (c.A.D. 375-414), gold stater, (7.855 grams), archer type, BMC Class IIb, obv. king ...
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Lot 3423
CHANDRAGUPTA II, (c.A.D. 375-414), gold stater, (8.082 grams), archer type, BMC Class IIb, obv. king ...
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Lot 3424 This lot
CHANDRAGUPTA II, (c.A.D. 375-414), gold stater, (7.676 grams), archer type, BMC Class IIb, obv. king ...
Estimate $230
Lot 3425
CHANDRAGUPTA II, (c.A.D. 375-414), gold stater, (6.574 grams), archer type, BMC Class IIb, obv. king ...
Estimate $230
Lot 3426
KSHATRAPA COINAGE, as prototype of Gupta Empire coinage of Chandragupta II, issued by Rudrasena III ...
Estimate $120