Gupta Empire, Skanda Gupta (450-470 AD), Gold Dinar of 'King and Lakshmi' type, Altekar p. 246-247, 8.16g. Obv: Bare-bodied king standing facing right, with a strung bow in one hand and the other hand resting on hip, holding an arrow. Goddess Lakshmi (sometimes also identified as the Queen) standing to his right, facing the king, and holding an object (a ring?) in her uplifted hand. Her second hand carries a lotus. A 'Garuda standard' separates the two human depictions; Brahmi legend JayatiMahi…clockwise from 1 o'clock, ending in tya besides the king's head. Rev: Nimbate Goddess Lakshmi seated on lotus, holding a lotus bloom in one hand, and a noose in the other; Brahmi legend Shri Kramaditya in the right field and a Tamgha in the left.

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