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Coin of Chandragupta II

c. 400 CE

India, Chandragupta II, Gupta Period, late 4th-early 5th century

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gold
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Diameter: 1.9 cm (3/4 in.)
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Cornelia Blakemore Warner Fund 1977.62
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The rulers of the Gupta dynasty unified northern India under native rule for the first time since the Maurya empire (323-185 bc). The Guptas named themselves after Chandragupta, the founder of the Maurya dynasty. This coin of Chandragupta II, who ruled from around ad 380 to 415, depicts a divine archer holding a bow and arrow. On the reverse is the Indian goddess of good fortune, Shri, seated on a lotus.
The front and back of a gold coin show the stamped image of a person on each side. One side shows a person standing, facing us but looking to our left, with a bow in their left hand and arrow in their right, against the rough edge of the coin. The other side shows a person seated facing us on a lotus flower, their head brushing up against the coin's edge, details smoothed away.

Coin of Chandragupta II

c. 400 CE

India, Chandragupta II, Gupta Period, late 4th-early 5th century

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