INDIA. Gupta Empire. Skandagupta (ca. AD 448-467). AV heavy dinar (21mm, 9.20 gm, 11h). MS. Archer type. Parahitakariraja jayati divam Sri Kramadityah (Brahmi), Skandagupta standing facing, nimbate head left, wearing coat with long tails and pearl-like buttons, jeweled necklace, armbands, and boots, left hand resting on top of bow to outer right, right hand resting on grounded arrow; Garuda standard decorated with fillet at left, skanda to right / Kramaditya, Lakshmi, nimbate, seated in a padmasana posture facing on lotus, pasha in right hand, lotus in left; sankhanidhi symbol with pearls flowing from it in left field, dotted border. TOTGE, Kumar, Class II, Variety C, pg. 347. Mitchiner 4865. HID09801242017 © 2023 Heritage Auctions | All Rights Reserved
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