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Coin with Figure of an Archer (reverse)
c. 400 CE
Diameter: 1.9 cm (3/4 in.)
Cornelia Blakemore Warner Fund 1977.62.b
Description
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.- ?–1977(Stolper Galleries, New York, NY, sold to the Cleveland Museum of Art)1977–The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH
- Lee, Sherman E. “The Year in Review for 1977.” The Bulletin of the Cleveland Museum of Art, vol. 65, no. 1, 1978, pp. 2–43. Mentioned: no. 141, p. 43 www.jstor.org"Annual Report for 1977." The Bulletin of the Cleveland Museum of Art 65, no. 6 (1978): 177-215. Mentioned: p. 192 www.jstor.org
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