Lot 7442

Archer Type, AV dinara, 9.69 g, 19.0 mm, specific gravity 12.14. Obv.: Broad-shouldered, elegant and nimbate king with narrow waist stands in flexed stance to front. Big curls along head. Armed with tall bow and arrow, he wears tailed tunic over loin cloth, and a wide necklace, all quite worn here. The knot of the sash has in this design turned into a crescent. On left a tall Garuḍa banner. Circular legend off, ku beneath arm and letter like gre between feet. Partly double struck / Rev.: Nimbate, narrow-waisted Śrī on wide lotus, one foot forward. Hair buns and top crest above the face, long earlobes, and prominent necklace. Śrī wears hip cloth with thin pleats; in right hand a twice-coiled fillet, and left hand poised near hip with hand upwards, holding thin stalk of lotus that is largely off flan. A tamga at top left; opposite distorted traces of what has been reconstructed to originally spell śrīkramādityaḥ, ‘the noble Sun of Progress’. (Kumar 2017: Var. C; Kumar 2024: Var. II.A; Raven frthcmg: KG3/Group 1, Var. 1, Fr.109) - VF-XF, Fabric as expected, rare