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Dinar - Chandragupta II Chhattra Type
| Issuer | Gupta Empire (India (ancient)) |
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| Year | 383-412 |
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| Composition | Gold |
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| Obverse script | Brahmi |
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| Edge | Plain |
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Chandragupta II's reign marked the territorial apex of Gupta power, and the coinage reflects a deliberate program of dynastic self-presentation rather than mere monetary function. The chhattra — the royal parasol — was a ancient Indian symbol of sovereign authority long predating the Guptas, borrowed from earlier Mauryan and Kushana visual vocabulary to locate the dynasty within a longer imperial lineage.
BMC Gupta 107 is among the better-documented types in the series, but surface granularity from ancient refining methods is endemic to this issue and should not be read as post-mint damage.