Kavel 7440

Archer Type, AV dinara, 9.37 g, 19.0 mm, specific gravity 13.99. Obv.: Tall, broad-shouldered, nimbate king, with narrow waist in flexed stance, armed with tall bow and arrow; on left a tall Garuḍa banner. He wears tailed tunic over pleated loin cloth, and a wide necklace of plaques. Stacked, flat layers of curls support a rim diadem. Only one trace of a letter of the circular legend near III o’clock; bold nara with split top bar (like the banner) beneath the left arm and gre between feet / Rev.: Nimbate, narrow-waisted Śrī rests long legs, with ribbed hip cloth, on tall lotus, her knees slightly downward. She holds twice-coiled fillet, while left hand is poised near hip with thin stalk of lotus, largely off flan. Prominent hair buns and top crest, tall, ‘detached’, curving earlobes with studs. A tilted tamga at top left; opposite only truncated traces of the epithet (b/v)ālādityaḥ. (Kumar 2017/2024: Var. I.A (attrib. to Narasiṃhagupta I); Raven frthcmg: NSG/Group 3, Var. 1. Ex Craig Burn = Mitchiner 1978, #4918, Fr.108) - VF-XF, Fabric as expected; not particularly rare, but attractive for the boldness of the engraving