Thread: Gold currency issued by the Gupta empire:
Kumāragupta I:
Laksmi seated facing on lotus, with halo around head, wearing lower garments and jewellery. Right hand outstretching holding fillet and left hand holding the stem of lotus.
Reverse: Kumaragupta I, standing facing left with halo around head, wearing decorated coat and trousers. Left hand holds a bow and right hand holds an arrow. In left field a Garuda standard.
Ruler: Kumaragupta I
Gupta period
Date: 415-447 AD
Goddess seated to the left on a wicker stool, wearing lower garments and jewellery and with a halo around head. Right hand outstretched offering fruit to a peacock in left field. Left hand holding the stem of a lotus flower.
Issuing Authority
Ruler: Kumaragupta I
Gupta period
Reverse: Kumaragupta I, riding a caparisoned horse to the right, wearing a decorated coat and trousers with sash flying behind and jewellery.
Date: 415-447 AD
Coin of the Gupta king Kumara Gupta I. Obverse: Bust of King Kumaragupta with head-band decorated with crescents. Similar to Indo-Greek coinage. Reverse: Garuda bird, circled by legend in Brahmi "Parama-bhagavata rajadhiraja Sri Kumaragupta Mahendraditya"
Chandragupta II:
1. Laksmi seated facing on a lotus, wearing lower garments and jewellery. Halo surrounding head, with right arm outstretched , holding a noose and holding a long stemmed lotus with left hand.
Minted in: 376-415 AD
Chandragupta II, with circle around profile, standing facing right. Wearing waistcloth and jewellery, holding a bow in right hand and resting left hand on hip. In right field a Garuda standard.
2. Laksmi seated facing on a lotus, wearing a loose robe and jewellery. Halo surrounding head, with right arm outstretched , holding a noose and holding a long stemmed lotus with left hand. In left field a symbol.
Issuing Authority
Ruler: Chandragupta II
Chandragupta II, standing facing left. Wearing earrings, holding a bow in left hand and an arrow in his right hand. In left field is a Garuda standard with ribbons.
Gupta period
Minted in: 376-415 AD
Gold coin issued by Samudragupta
Goddess seated; Right arm holding a noose with a cornucopia resting on left arm. Lotus at the goddess’s feet.
Samudragupta, with circle surrounding his profile. Wearing a necklace and holding a battleaxe in left hand. (obverse)
c. 330-376
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