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Lot No.98
AUC14
Ancient India
Auction Date: 21-12-2013
Gold
Post-Gupta period in Bengal, 'Samatata' region, Gold Dinar copying Gupta 'Archer-type' coin design, (c. 655AD), 5.54g. Obv: King standing holding a bow in one hand and an arrow pointing down in the other; legend Chakra below the hand holding the bow. A Shanka/wheel standard behind the arm holding arrow and Brahmi letter 'Shri' to its right. Rev: Goddess seated cross-legged on a lotus holding a long-stemmed lotus bloom in one hand and making the gesture of reassurance with the other; a Shanka-like object to her left.
Hair Lines on reverse otherwise Extremely Fine, Extremely Rare.
Rhodes & Bose ('The Coinage of Assam, part 1, p. 74) comment that “No historical ruler with the name Chakra is known to us from midseventh century, but our tentative suggestion is that he was a ruler who chose to place his name on coins after the death of Bhaskaravarman in c. 655 AD”. This inference is drawn from the fact that the coin resembles issues of Sasanka of Gauda and Bhaskaravarman of Assam and therefore must be placed in mid-7th century AD.
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Estimated Price :
Rs. 3,00,000-3,50,000
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