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Auction 29  14-15 Sep 2017
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Lot 1325

Starting price: 850 USD
Price realized: 1400 USD
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GUPTA: Kachagupta, ca. 378-382, AV dinar (7.63g), Mitch-4793/95, Altekar-IV:1-4, Kumar-A.1, king standing, holding chakradhvaja (wheel-topped standard) and sacrificing at altar, with name kacha below his left arm // goddess Lakshmi standing, nimbate, holding bouquet of flowers & cornucopiae, 1 small testmark, EF, R, ex Skanda Collection, Lot 109; ex Numismatic Fine Arts (27 June 1986, lot 550). Sanjeev Kumar lists Ramagupta as king 378-381 and Kachagupta in 382, but suggests that the two names may refer to the same individual. Gold coins are known only of Kachagupta, copper only of Ramagupta. It is also possible that they ruled in different sections of the Gupta Kingdom simultaneously. All coins of "Kacha" were assigned to Samudragupta by virtually all previous scholars.

Estimate: 1,000-1,200 USD
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