{"product_id":"gupta-dynasty-samudragupta-gold-dinar-javelin-type-335-370-ce","title":"Gupta Dynasty, Samudragupta Gold Dinar, Javelin Type  With Full Name (ca. AD 344-378) - Brilliant Lustre, Exceptional Mint State","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eGupta Dynasty, Samudragupta, \u003cspan style=\"color: rgb(0, 0, 0);\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/numiauctions.com\/products\/gupta-empire-samudragupta-i-gold-dinar-javelin-type-with-rays-radiating-from-halo-ca-ad-344-378\" style=\"color: rgb(0, 0, 0); text-decoration: underline;\"\u003e(ca. AD 344-378)\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e, Gold Dinar ( Wt: 7.58 gm, Dia: 20.4 mm), Mint state, \"Javelin\" type With Full Name \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eObverse : \u003c\/strong\u003ecircular Brahmi legends 'SaMaRaSaTaViTaTaViJaYo JiTaRiPuRaJiTo DiVam JaYaTi'. king standing wearing a crescent-top crown and tunic, standing facing left, nimbate, holding a javelin\/spearhead facing downwards in his left hand and sacrificing over an altar, a Garuda standard in the left field, adorned with a ribbon, the Brahmi legend \"Samudra\/gupta\" below the king's arm and besides the javelin.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eReverse :\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eGoddess Lakshmi, nimbate, seated on a high backed throne whose two legs are clearly visible, with her feet resting on a circular mat below, a diadem and a cornucopia in her hands, a tamgha in the top-left field, the Brahmi legend \"Parakramah\" in the right field, a dotted border around the field\u003c\/span\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eComment :\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe second Gupta Emperor, Samudragupta introduced many unique gold coin types during his long reign and litany of conquests, the most standard of which is the javelin type. The obverse legend reads, \u003cem\u003e\"The unconquered one who has conquered his enemies and has continuously attained victories in a hundred battles, wins heaven\"\u003c\/em\u003e, and on the reverse \"Parakrama\". The Allahabad Pillar inscription, which contains a panegyric of Samudragupta written by the Gupta courtier Harisena, provides a pertinent supplement to this javelin type coin: \"Of him who was skillfully engaged in hundreds of different battles, whose only ally was valor (parakrama)\" thus has the epithet Parakrama and his body was most charming, being covered over with the plenteous beauty of the marks of hundreds of promiscuous scars, caused by battle-axes, arrows, spikes, spears, barbed darts, swords, iron clubs, javelins for throwing, barbed arrows, span-long arrows and many other weapons.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong style=\"font-size: 0.875rem;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: rgb(64, 64, 64);\"\u003e(Unlisted in Altekar\/TOTGE, S. Kumar # Class II -Var. E.5, Pg 255) \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 0.875rem;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: rgb(64, 64, 64);\"\u003eMint State,\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cstrong style=\"font-size: 0.875rem;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: rgb(64, 64, 64);\"\u003e RRR.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"None","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45526738337815,"sku":null,"price":250000.0,"currency_code":"INR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0806\/7576\/6295\/files\/DSC_0175.png?v=1789738885","url":"https:\/\/numiauctions.com\/products\/gupta-dynasty-samudragupta-gold-dinar-javelin-type-335-370-ce","provider":"NumiIndia Auctions","version":"1.0","type":"link"}