Ancients INDIA. Gupta Empire. Chandragupta I (ca. AD 319-335). AV

Ancients
INDIA. Gupta Empire. Chandragupta I (ca. AD 319-335). AV dinar (20mm, 7.48 gm, 12h). VF. King and Queen type. Kumaradevi- (Brahmi) on left, Chandra/Gupta on right, King Chandragupta I (on right), standing facing, nimbate head left, wearing a short tunic, jeweled boots, and a tightly fitted cap, standard in left hand, offering with right hand a ring with a pearl or stone to Queen Kumaradevi (on left), standing facing, nimbate head right, wearing a sari, right hand on hip, left arm at side / Lichchhavayah, Lakshmi seated in the paralambapasana posture on recumbent lion right, her feet resting on a circular mat below covered in lotus petals, cornucopia cradled in left arm, pasha in right hand; partial throne visible, tamgha in left field, dotted border. TOTGE, Kumar Class I, Variety A.1, pg. 174. Mitchiner 4791-4792 var. (crescent in field, sri (Brahmi) included on obverse, no dash after Kumaradevi).

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