Los 8256

Archer Type, AV dinara, 8.05 g, 19 mm, specific gravity 16.17. Obv.: Large, elegant king stands in flexed pose; no beaded lotus support beneath his feet. Hairdo of curving, layered curls surrounded by halo. He is armed with bow and tall arrow. The king wears a smooth, long-tailed tunic over loin cloth. On left the imperial banner. Beneath the left arm candra in large letters (the ca filled in). The usual legend of the type, here truncated, from I o’clock / Rev.: Śrī seated with folded legs flat on lotus. She holds diadem fillet and large lotus; her left hand was misstruck. A hip cloth covers the thighs. On left a tamga and in the right field śrīvikkramaḥ (Raven 1994a:342-343 (Var. II.8.2); Kumar 2017/2024: Var. III.A.5.1/III.A.5.2; Raven frthcmg: CG2/Group 8, Variety 2, Fr.79a) - XF, Ex Baldwin’s 26 (2001) #1007, Profusely struck