Kavel 8243

Aśvamedha Type, AV dinara, 7.28 g, 21 mm, specific gravity 13.82. Obv.: Elegant horse, with a long neck and prominent mane, stands to left on platform next to a sacrificial stake raised on low stand with beading on the central section. A pennon waves from the top. Underneath a lace of beads, which is uncommon for this particular variety, but occurs on other Aśvamedha coins in mint group SG/Group 3 (Raven 2016:108). A wide crescent above the horse’s haunches. A large section of circular legend, as on previous coin, reached the flan, from XI o’clock. Below the horse letter si / Rev.: Nimbate Śrī holding flywhisk and short ritual cloth. She stands to left in gracefully flexed stance on lotus. Her clinging hip cloth covers thighs but leaves lower legs free. A cord passes along her legs. Traces of a lace of beads on her cap. Before her an ornamental standard with pennons. In the right field the epithet aśvamedhaparākrama. Few flan cracks (Raven 2010: group SG.04; Raven 2016 and frthcmg: Group 3, Variety 3.1; Kumar 2017/2024, Var. I.A.1. Fr.75) - VF