Numismatica Ars Classica
Auction 120 6-7 Oct 2020
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Kumaragupta I, 409 – 450/452 AD
Dinar, Tiger-slayer type, 409-450/452, AV 8.12 g. King standing l., holding bow and killing tiger which falls backwards; his r. foot tramples on tiger. In l. field, crescent-topped standard decorated with fillet. Rev. The goddess Lakshmi standing l. on lotus plant, holding lotus and feeding peacock with fruit. BMC Gupta 245-246 and pl. XV, 1-2 (this obverse die). Kumar p. 329, variety A.2.
Extremely rare and in exceptional condition for the issue. Extremely fine
Ex Spink-Taisei Singapore 9, 1991, 135 and NAC 117, 2019, 248 (sold for 12000 and not paid) sales. From the Skanda collection.
Dinar, Tiger-slayer type, 409-450/452, AV 8.12 g. King standing l., holding bow and killing tiger which falls backwards; his r. foot tramples on tiger. In l. field, crescent-topped standard decorated with fillet. Rev. The goddess Lakshmi standing l. on lotus plant, holding lotus and feeding peacock with fruit. BMC Gupta 245-246 and pl. XV, 1-2 (this obverse die). Kumar p. 329, variety A.2.
Extremely rare and in exceptional condition for the issue. Extremely fine
Ex Spink-Taisei Singapore 9, 1991, 135 and NAC 117, 2019, 248 (sold for 12000 and not paid) sales. From the Skanda collection.