Marudhar Arts
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Gupta Dynasy, Chandragupta II (Vikramaditya) (375-415 AD), Gold Dinar, Archer Type, Obv: king standing left holding bow in his left hand arrow in right hand, wearing a chaloka and short tuckled dhoti, a sash whip tied to his waist. brahmi legend "Chandra" below arm, garuda standard at left, king wearing a sash, Rev: goddess lakshmi seated facing on a lotus in padmasana, holding diadem in her right hand and lotus in left, tamgha to left with brahmi legend "Sri Vikramah", 8.19g, 18.53mm, (Variant of Altekar, Bayana Hoard # Pl. XII-4-6), about extremely fine, Rare.
coins with this form of circular tamgha in the Numismatic Circular (#173, 2013, pp.177-8), suggested that they may be issues of Chandragupta III. Their apparent gold purity, heavier weight and the fact that only a few coins with this symbol are known from the time of Kumaragupta, suggest that this might be a tamgha that was first used late in the reign of Kumaragupta and continued into the time of Chandragupta III. He concluded that it was too early to draw firm conclusions, and it may be the fact that this tamgha was used sporadically in all three reigns.
(65000-75000)
coins with this form of circular tamgha in the Numismatic Circular (#173, 2013, pp.177-8), suggested that they may be issues of Chandragupta III. Their apparent gold purity, heavier weight and the fact that only a few coins with this symbol are known from the time of Kumaragupta, suggest that this might be a tamgha that was first used late in the reign of Kumaragupta and continued into the time of Chandragupta III. He concluded that it was too early to draw firm conclusions, and it may be the fact that this tamgha was used sporadically in all three reigns.
(65000-75000)