INDIA, Gupta Empire. First Dynasty. Kumaragupta I Mahendraditya. Circa AD 413-455. AV Dinar (19mm, 8.11 g, 12h). Tiger-slayer type. srimam vygāhrabalaparākra[ma] in Brahmi, Kumaragupta, nimbate, standing facing left, drawing his bow upon a tiger, which falls over backwards; ku in Brahmi below left arm / kumāragupto’dhirajaḥ in Brahmi, Lakshmi, nimbate, standing right on mākāra (the goddess Gānga), holding lotus and feeding a peacock; tamgha to upper left. Kumar (2nd ed.) 13.15, Variety A.1; BKB 181-2; BMC Guptas 244; Altekar Variety A; Bayana 1719. Toned, slight peripheral weakness. Good VF. Rare.
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