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Drachm - Skandagupta
| Issuer | Gupta Empire |
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| Year | 455-467 |
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| Currency | Drachm (240-550) |
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| Obverse description | Stylized bust of the king facing right, rendered in the late Gupta provincial manner with schematic facial features. The effigy is surrounded by a dotted border, with cursory linear detailing suggesting hair or a headdress. The design is characteristically abstract, reflecting the debased artistic style of Skandagupta's western satrapy coinage. The field is irregular and slightly convex, consistent with hand-struck silver drachms of this series. |
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| Reverse lettering | paramabhāgavata maharajadhiraja sri skandagupta kramaditya |
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| Mintage | ND (455-467) |
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