The Silk Road Collection III
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Gupta Empire, Skandagupta, c. 455-467, AV dinar, 9.26 g. (20 mm). Obverse: Archer type. King with halo and long
curly shoulder-length hair, wearing tailed tunic over loin cloth and leggings, standing left, holding longbow in left
hand, arrow in right, tall and slender Garuda standard at left, Brahmi legend under arm, skanda, circular Brahmi
legend around. Reverse: Lakshmi with halo seated facing on lotus, holding diadem and lotus left, in left quadrant is a
treasure vessel with pearls flowing out, no tamgha, Brahmi legend Kramadityah. Kumar, TOTGE 2024, Class II, variant
C. Raven, SkG/group 2
VF, attractive well-centred obverse, crude strike on reverse, possible from a rusty die; a few edge and die cracks, with
the longest seen at 2 o’clock. Ex Chand Collection British Museum no 5.1.55
CHF 1’000 - 2’000
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Gupta Empire, Skandagupta, c. 455-467, AV dinar, 9.07 g. (21 mm). Obverse: Archer type. King with halo wearing
tunic with long tails over loin cloth, standing left, holding longbow in left hand, arrow in right, tall and slender
Garuda standard at left, Brahmi legend under arm, skanda, circular Brahmi legend around, likely jayati mahītalaṃ
(skandaguptaḥ) sudhanvī (The excellent archer Skandagupta conquers the earth). Reverse: Lakshmi with halo and
necklace seated facing on lotus, holding diadem and long-stemmed lotus left, treasure vessel with pearls flowing out
in left quadrant, Brahmi legend on reverse Kramadityah. Kumar, TOTGE 2024, Class II, variant C. Raven, SkG/group 2.
The variety with pearls flowing to the left of goddess on reverse, here represented very clearly.
VF, a good strike with some flattening of high points, well-centred, semi-lustrous, a cut on the edge at 8 o’clock position.
Ex Chand Collection British Museum no 2.4.13
CHF 2’000 - 4’000
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