Extremely Rare Gold Dinar Coin of Samudragupta of Gupta Dynasty of Lyrist type.

Coin of Samudragupta

Gupta Dynasty, Samudragupta (335-370 AD), Gold Dinar, "Lyrist" Type, Obv: king seated upright facing left on a high-backed throne, wearing pearled crown (cap) and only dhoti (bare bodied), playing a veena (lute) that rests on his knees and brahmi character 'Si' for Siddham (luck) on footstool, circular brahmi legend "Maharajadhiraja Shri...(Samudra) guptah", the letter 'ptah' appears between the lute and the king's head, Rev: goddess lakshmi, nimbate seated left on a wicker stool, holding a diadem fillet in her right hand and a cornucopia in the left, the feets are resting on the carpet, brahmi legend "Samudraguptah" in the right margin, 7.5g, 22.22mm, Unlisted type, obverse is slightly doublestrucked, choice extremely fine, Extremely Rare.

This specimen is of very high artistic details and designs where the corrnucopia held by goddess is distinct of all those types listed by Altekar and in BMC collection. Tamgha which is always seen in front of the Goddess is absent on this specimen. Another important point to notice here that there is no carpet under the feet of goddess.

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