World Gold Coins
Lot 2810 SESSION 11 (7.30PM WEDNESDAY 30TH JULY) World Gold Coins
Estimate $900
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INDIA, Gupta Coinage, Chandragupta II, (c.A.D. 375-414), gold stater, (8.10 g), archer type, BMC Class IIb, 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, holding a lotus and a noose, symbol to upper left, to right the Brahmi legend 'Sri Vikramah', (M.4805, Altekar cf.plate XII, 1, BMC 88 [Pl.VII, 8] from very similar dies). Very fine and very scarce.
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