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Gold Dinar of Gupta Dynasty of Chanadragupta II.

Currency:INR Category:Coins & Paper Money Start Price:200,000.00 INR Estimated At:200,000.00 - 300,000.00 INR
Gold Dinar of Gupta Dynasty of Chanadragupta II.
Gupta Dynasty, Chandragupta II (375-415 AD),Gold Dinar, Lion Slayer Type, Obv: king standing right wearing a coat, shooting an arrow in the mouth of lion while trampling him with the right foot, incomplete brahmi legend on the coin "narendrachandra...ptah",Rev: royal tamgha at left"simhavikrama"brahmi legend, lakshmi holding a flower and noose in her hands with both legs drawn up and seated on lion facing/moving left,7.75g, 19.60mm, (Altekar # Class II, Variant A),about extremely fine, VeryRare.Lion Slayer type coins are rare in the whole Gupta coinage series.