Horseman-Lion-slayer Type, AV dinara, 9,43 g, 18.5 mm, specific gravity 15.0. Obv.: The king rides on horseback to right. His stance is rather stooped. The horse has a curved, thin neck and tall, undefined legs. Elaborate strings of ornaments on cheeks, neck and haunches. Prakāśāditya stretches his right arm downward to pierce a prancing lion through its gaping mouth with a thin sword. A tall bow is worn across the chest and back. Facial features show a prominent, thin nose and curvy moustache. Jacket and trousers carry round ornaments. The top of the king’s skull supports a rim diadem with a crescent mount. A Garuḍa-banner protrudes above the horse’s head, but no post in sight. Gerald Browne (1991-1992) read the first half of legend as aprativitato rājā, but Pankaj Tandon (2015) reconstructed the legend to avanipati-toramā[ṇo] vijitya vasudhāṃ divaṃ jayati, ‘Lord of the earth, Toramāṇa, having conquered the world, wins heaven’. The present coin preserves dh(āṃ) divaṃ jaya... Below the horse ru / Rev.: Śrī, with tubular waist, sits with long legs folded flat on lotus. Ribbed pleats of hip cloth cover the legs. Hair tied into three buns, partly preserved here, and profuse ornaments. The goddess holds double-loop fillet and thin stalk of lotus. A tamga at the top left and opposite in truncated letters the epithet [śrī]prakāśāditya, ‘the noble Illuminous Sun’. (Tandon 2015; Kumar 2017:377-381, Var. A; Kumar 2024: 476-481, Var. A) - XF, Ex Busso Peus 366 (2000) #293. Well centred devices with good details Rare in this state of preservation

Archer Type, AV dinara, 9.31 g, 19.5 mm, specific gravity 15.30. Obv.: Compact, firm-looking, nimbate king with bow and arrow, standing stiff-legged to front; on left a Garuḍa banner. Closely fitted, tailed tunic, ribbed loin cloth, necklace, and a sash with a loop knot (not unlike in coins of Kumāragupta II). Round curls along head, various ornaments. Partly truncated, fragmentary legend from I o’clock pa(ra[ha]ta)karara.. from I o’clock and likely -tyaḥ at the end / Rev.: Nimbate, tubular-waisted Śrī sits with shapely legs folded on tall lotus. She wears hip cloth with heavy ribbed pleats and diadem with spiky ornaments. Auricle and ear studs adorn the round-cheeked face. She holds coiled fillet, while left hand is poised near hip, holding stalk of lotus with cup-shaped pistil. Large tamga at top left and opposite śrīvikra(ma) in bold letters. Attractive portrait. (Kumar 2017/2024: Var. A; Tandon 2018; Raven frthcmg: SRV/Group 1, Var. 1, Cf. Fr.104) - XF, Fabric as expected, quite a few around but ticks all the boxes