{"product_id":"gupta-empire-samudragupta-i-gold-dinar-javelin-type-with-rays-radiating-from-halo-ca-ad-344-378","title":"Gupta Empire. Samudragupta I Gold Dinar, Javelin Type With Radiant Halo Surrounds The King’s Face (ca. AD 344-378) - Unlisted In TOTGE","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eGupta Empire, Samudragupta I (ca. AD 344-378), Gold dinar (Wt: 9.22 gm, Dia: 19.02 mm), 12h), Choice XF,  Javelin type, \u003cstrong\u003eUnlisted variety rays radiating from halo around kings face. \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eObverse : \u003c\/strong\u003eBrahmi legends 'SaMaRaSaTaViTaTaViJaYo JiTaRiPuRaJiTo DiVam JaYaTi' Samudragupta, standing facing, nimbate head left, wearing tight fitting cap, \u003cem\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eA radiant halo surrounds the king’s face, with rays scattered with clusters of dots\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e. javelin in left hand, dropping incense with right hand over lit altar to left, Garuda standard at left, Samudra to right.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eReverse :\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003eLaksmi seated in the paralambapasana posture on throne, resting feet on scattered piles of coins, diadem in right hand, cornucopia in left; tamgha in left field, Brahmi legends 'Parakramah'.\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\u003cspan style=\"color: rgb(64, 64, 64);\"\u003e\u003cem\u003eThis remarkable variety of Samudragupta’s Javelin type features a radiant halo surrounding the king’s face. The variety appears unlisted in Treasures of the Gupta Empire, the standard reference on Gupta coinage, and no comparable example has been identified in Altekar’s Bayana hoard or the auction archives consulted. Its distinctive portrait detail and almost complete legends make this specimen particularly desirable to collectors of Gupta gold coins.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: rgb(64, 64, 64);\"\u003e\u003cem\u003eNot Listed in TOTGE 2024, Extremely rare, probably unique!\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"None","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45526744301591,"sku":null,"price":300000.0,"currency_code":"INR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0806\/7576\/6295\/files\/DSC_0179.png?v=1789739193","url":"https:\/\/numiauctions.com\/products\/gupta-empire-samudragupta-i-gold-dinar-javelin-type-with-rays-radiating-from-halo-ca-ad-344-378","provider":"NumiIndia Auctions","version":"1.0","type":"link"}