HUNNIC TRIBES, Alchon Huns (Eastern). Toramana. Circa 490-515. AV Dinar (19mm, 9.38 g, 12h). Horseman Slaying Lion type. Parahitkari [raja] vijitya [va]sudham divam jaya[ti] in Brahmi, male figure wearing Hunnic-style crown on horseback right, bow slung across torso, spearing lion that stands left on its hind legs; ru in Brahmi below horse / [Śri] prakaśaditya in Brahmi to right, Lakshmi, nimbate, seated facing on lotus, holding diadem in extended right hand and lotus in left; tamgha to upper left. Kumar (2nd ed.) 17.8.2, Variety C, 952; P. Tandon, “The Identity of Prakāśāditya”in Journal of the Royal Asiatic Society 25.4 (October 2015), pp. 647–68 (reattributing the issue to Toramana), and fig. 1; BKB 222; BMC Guptas 552 corr. (tamgha); Altekar 2; Bayana 13; Sunrise 555. Lightly toned, traces of deposits, multiple strikes on obverse. VF. Very rare variety with ru below horse.
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