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Gold Dinar Coin of Kumaragupta I of Gupta Dynasty of Kartikeya type.

Kumaragupta I was named after war god Kartikeya whose mount was peacock.https://www.marudhararts.com/printed-auction/auction-no-28/lot-no-39/coins-of-india/ancient-india/punch-marked-coins/shakya-janapada-600-500-bc-/archaic-punch-marked-silver-five-shana-coin-of-shakya-janapada-.html

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Gold Dinar Coin of Kumaragupta I of Gupta Dynasty of Kartikeya type.

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  1. Gold Dinar Coin of Kumaragupta I of Gupta Dynasty of Kartikeya type. AUCTION28 | LotNo.39

  2. GuptaDynasty, KumaraguptaI (Mahendraditya) (415-455AD), Gold Dinar,  "Kartikeya" type, Obv: king, nimbate, standingfacingtoleftinfront ofthePeacock, wearingadhotiabove kneeswithsashroundhiswaistand fallingdown, earrings, necklace, wristlet,  atwigofgrapesheldinhis righthandandofferingtothePeacock, hislefthandrestingonthehip, circular Brahmilegend "Jayati svagunair gunarasirVrata (nihanr-Mahendra) h kumarah",

  3. Rev: godKartikeya, nimbate, three fourthstoseatedfacingleft on  Peacockpercheduponaplatform, wearingadhoti, earnings, necklace, wristlet, righthandisinaabhaya- mudraposeandlefthandholdingthe Saktispear restingonthehip, Brahmi legendattheright field "Mahendrakumarah", 8.22g, 19.63mm, (variantofAltekar, Bayana Hoard #  Pl. XXVI-7&8/TOTGE, S. Kumar # ClassI), aboutveryfine, Exceedingly Rare.

  4. Kartikeya typewasissuedbyonly KumaraguptaIintheGupta Empirecoinage, thisinnovation wasobviouslyintendedtobe numismatichomagetothedeity. KartikeyaistheHindugodofwar, thesonofLordShivaandknown bymanynames, oneofwhichis Kumara. KumaraguptaIwas namedafterwargodKartikeya whosemountwaspeacock.

  5. SKumarhasreportedonly96 specimensofthistypesofar. The obverselegendarrangement is “Jayatisvagunairgunarasir VrtanihanrMahendrakumarah”, “जय?त ?वगुणेर गुणार?सर ?त?नहारन - मह??क ु मा र:” meaningthedestroyerofVrtra, havinganabundanceofvirtues, conquersthroughhisvirtues. https://bit.ly/2BT0K3n eMail : info@MarudharArts.com

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