Lot 7438

Archer Type, AV dinara, 9.03 g, 18.0 mm, somewhat dumpy, specific gravity 12.93. Obv.: Elegant, nimbate king, with thin, curving curls with dot-tips, armed with bow and arrow. He wears long-tailed, beaded tunic over short, softly pleated loin cloth. On left Garuḍa banner, partly off flan. Sections of first half of prose legend from I o’clock, jayati mahītalaṃ skandaguptaḥ sudhanvī, ‘The excellent archer, Skandagupta, conquers earth’. Beneath the left arm skan[da] in large letters / Rev.: Śrī seated with folded legs on lotus. She holds diadem fillet and lotus. A pleated hip cloth covers the legs. In top left quarter, coins pour from a shell as treasure pot; in the right field kramādityaḥ, ‘Sun of Progress’. Kumar 2017/2024: Var. II.C; Raven frthcmg: SkG/Group 2, Variety 1, Fr.100b) - a.XF, Ex Baldwin’s 25 (2001) #1014. Severe crack. Scarce