Lot 7434

Horseman Type, AV dinara, 8.19 g, 19 mm, specific gravity 15.17. Obv.: Elegant, nimbate king on horseback to left. Round face, heavy eyelids, and hairdo of curved layers of curls. He wears a tailed tunic with beading down front over long, smooth breaches; a sash with fluttering tips flies behind. Only traces of circular legend (paramabhāgavata-mahārājādhirāja-śrīcandraguptaḥ) / Rev.: Nimbate Śrī sits on wicker stool, holding a double-curved diadem fillet and a lotus with rounded petals. Curved fingers and forward left foot showing countable toes. Hairdo of tight curls tied with clasp; she wears a long, pleated hip cloth. At top left the ‘circle’ tamga typical for this style, and in the right field ajitavikkramaḥ. (Usually ascribed to Candragupta II. Not in Kumar 2017; Kumar 2024: Var. I.A.3; reattrib. by Tandon (2020); Raven frthcmg: CG2/Group 10 or CG3/Group 3, Variety 1 (following Tandon)) - VF-XF, rare