Ancient : Gupta Empire ; gold dinar of Samudra Gupta (345-375 AD), ‘Ashwamedha’ type ; Altekar

Description

Ancient : Gupta Empire, gold dinar of Samudra Gupta (345-375 AD), ‘Ashwamedha’ type, Altekar, P69, S.Kumar class I, var B2, 7.84g. Obv: Horse standing, facing left on a platform with the sacrificial pillar, decorated with a long flowing banner in its front, brahmi legend Prthivi(m)vitva Divam and brahmi letter ‘Si’ under the horse belly.
Rev: Chief Queen in the guise of a goddess, standing on a lotus pedestal carrying a fly-whisk in her flexed hand placed on her shoulder and the other hand hanging by her thigh, carrying the tie of her garment, brahmi legend Ashwamedha Parakramah in the right field and ritual needle or Soochi in the left.
Extremely fine, Extremely rare