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Archer Type Drachm - Vishnugupta
| Uitgever | Later Gupta dynasty (Indian Hindu Dynasties) |
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| Jaar | 540-550 |
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| Waarde | 3 Drachm |
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| Beschrijving voorzijde | Bust of the king depicted in left profile, nimbed, standing in a formal regal posture; he grasps a longbow in his left hand and an arrow in his right, conveying the classic archer type iconography of the Later Gupta series. A Garuda standard rises in the left field, serving as a dynastic emblem. The figure is rendered in the schematic, linear style characteristic of debased late Gupta coinage. A Brahmi legend appears in the field. |
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| Beschrijving keerzijde | The goddess Lakshmi is depicted nimbed, facing front, and seated in padmasana upon a lotus throne. She holds a diadem in her right hand while her left hand cradles a lotus flower, its stem resting across her thigh. A dynastic tamgha symbol occupies the left field. The composition follows the standard Gupta reverse tradition of a enthroned deity rendered in a frontal, hieratic style. A Brahmi legend identifying the issuer appears in the field. |
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| Aanvullende informatie |
Vishnugupta is the last ruler identifiable in the Later Gupta sequence, and his coins appear precisely when the dynasty was collapsing under sustained Aulikara and Maukhari pressure in the mid-sixth century. The debased silver reflects not a minting policy but a treasury under strain — the metallic degradation tracks almost directly with the loss of productive agricultural territories in the Gangetic plain.
Attributed examples are scarce enough that individual specimens have shifted scholarly debate about reign length and succession order.