Tetradrachm - Manadeva

Emittente	Licchavi Kingdom
Anno	464-505
Tipo	Standard circulation coin
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Descrizione del dritto	The goddess Lakshmi seated facing in padmasana (lotus position), her legs crossed, depicted in a frontal hieratic posture typical of early Nepalese coinage. The figure is rendered in a bold, somewhat schematic style consistent with Licchavi-period artistic conventions, with the body occupying the central field of the flan. Traces of a surrounding legend in Brahmi script are present in the peripheral field, though heavily worn on this example. The overall design reflects strong Gupta-period iconographic influence in its representation of the auspicious deity.
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Descrizione del rovescio	A lion passant to left occupies the central field, rendered in a bold, stylised manner characteristic of Licchavi copper coinage. The beast is depicted with its tail raised and body in profile, conveying a sense of regal movement. A Brahmi legend encircles the lion in the peripheral field, partially legible due to the irregular flan and wear, with portions of the royal inscription referencing the issuing ruler Manadeva. The design draws on established South Asian numismatic conventions for royal lion imagery, serving as an emblem of dynastic authority.
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Informazioni aggiuntive	Manadeva I is the first Licchavi ruler for whom a firm historical date can be established — an inscription at Changu Narayan, dated to approximately 464 CE, anchors his reign and makes coins attributed to him unusually valuable to Nepalese chronology. The Licchavi tetradrachm denomination borrowed its name from the Greek monetary tradition via the Kushano-Sasanian coinage that filtered into the Himalayan foothills, though the metrology had long since drifted from any Greek standard by this point. Mitchiner's NI#197 attribution places this among a tightly defined group within a dynasty whose coin sequence remains one of the more contested areas of South Asian numismatics.