The Silk Road Collection III – ADDENDUM
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3111
Gupta Empire, Srivikrama-Vikramadityah, c. mid-6th century, AV dinar, 9.41 g. (23 mm). Obverse: ‘archer’ type, king with
stacked, delicate curls and tall face with wide cheeks, wasp waist, and stiff stance, wearing tailed tunic over pleated loin
cloth and a sash with loop tied on waist, standing left, holding longbow in left hand, arrow in right, slender standard with
Garuda with halo at left.. Reverse: Lakshmi seated facing with legs folded on lotus with heavy pleating in her hip cloth,
holding prominent diadem and long-stemmed lotus left, Brahmi legend to right srivikrama-, dotted border around.
About EF, lustrous surfaces and good details all around. Ex Chand Collection British Museum no 4.99.75.
CHF 2’000 - 4’000
Post-Gupta
3112
Post-Gupta, Sasanka dynasty, king of Gauda, c. 600-635, AV dinar, 8.91 g. (19 mm). Obverse: lord Shiva nimbate, seated
facing on recumbent Bull facing to left, Brahmi legend Jaya below the bull at right, with moon at upper left. Reverse:
Goddess Lakshmi nimbate, seated cross-legged on a lotus holding a lotus in left hand and two Elephants are pouring
water over her. A very rare issue. Kumar, TOTGE 2024, 18.4.2, Class I. VF, struck on a rusty die, slight lustre shows, some
surface porosity of the metal. XRF analysis: AU 55%, AG 25%, CU 20%. Ex Chand Collection British Museum no 2.6.04.
CHF 400 - 800
3113
Post-Kushan, Bengal, c. 2nd-4th century, AV dinar 6.64 g. (22 mm). Obverse: imitating Kanishka I, king standing left
before rudimentary altar. Reverse: Goddess Ardoksho standing right, holding cornucopia; tamgha to right. Garbled
legends both sides. Kumar TOTGE 2024, 18.5. A rare example of the first striking of local gold coinage in Bengal,
these being crude copies of dinars of the Kushan kings Kanishka I and Huvishka. By the early 4th century central
India came under the control of the Guptas, and contact with the north was disrupted. At that point Gupta coinage
replaced the Kushan imitative issues, which remained unknown until the 1970’s, when the first pieces were identified.
VF-EF, some weakness to strike, light cleaning. Ex Chand Collection 7.4.12
CHF 500 - 1’000