Gold Dinar - Kumaragupta I Horseman type Right, Lakshmi w/ Peacock

Kumaragupta I held the Gupta throne for roughly four decades — one of the longest reigns in the dynasty's history — and his prolific minting program produced more distinct gold dinar types than any other Gupta ruler. The Horseman/Peacock-Lakshmi combination is among the more numerous of his types, yet the specific iconographic pairing is tied directly to his known devotion to Kartikeya, the peacock-riding war deity, a cult association unusual among Gupta kings and documented in his Mandsaur and Bilsad inscriptions.

BMC Gupta 223 corresponds to the right-facing horseman variant. The distinction matters: left- and right-facing dies were not interchangeable within Gupta production and likely reflect separate workshops or issue phases across his long reign.