Rare Samatata Dinar
Triton XIX, Lot: 2144. Estimate $4000.
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INDIA, Post-Gupta (Gauda). Sasanka Deva. Circa AD 600-635. AV Dinar (22mm, 5.79 g, 11h). Samatata type. Assam mint. Siva, nimbate and holding trident, seated facing on recumbent bull left; pellet above;
śri ja in eastern Brahmi below / Lakshmi, nimbate, holding bilva fruit and lotus, seated facing on open lotus;
śri sasanka in eastern Brahmi to right. Rhodes & Bose fig. 13; BMC Guptas 612; Altekar pl. XIXA, 10; Mukherjee,
Post-Gupta pl. VII, 3 (as Vasuvarma); LOW 40; ATEC 5228. Near EF. Rare.
From the collection of Dr. Lawrence A. Adams. Ex Triton IX (10 January 2006), lot 1205.
While Sasanka struck debased dinars on the old Kushan standard, which circulated in the Gauda heartland of the Ganges, for his eastern possessions, in the hill country of Assam, he struck a rare fine gold dinar based on the local 50 ratti standard.
