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THE SHIVLEE COLLECTION

GUPTA DYNASTY HISTORY

CHANDRAGUPTA I COINS

Standard Type

King&Queen on Couch Type

SAMUDRAGUPTA COINS

Standard Type Coins

Archer Type Coins

Tiger Slayer Type Coins

Battle Axe Type Coins

King and Queen Type Coins

Asvamedha Type Coins

Lyrist Type Coins

KACHAGUPTA

KACHAGUPTA GOLD COINS

RAMAGUPTA COINS

GARUDA TYPE

LION TYPE

ASVAMEDHA COPPER COIN

CHANDRAGUPTA II COINS

CII ARCHER HALF DINARS

CII ARCHER CLASS I COINS

CII ARCHER CLASS II COINS

CII CHATTRA TYPE COINS

CII HORSEMAN TYPE COINS

CII KING & QUEEN TYPE

CII COUCH TYPE

CII LION SLAYER COINS

SILVER COINS

COPPER & LEAD COINS

KUMARAGUPTA I

K1 ARCHER TYPE COINS

K1 HORSEMAN TYPE COINS

K1 CHATTRA TYPE COINS

K1 KARTIKEYA TYPE COINS

K1 TIGER SLAYER COINS

K1 LION SLAYER COINS

K1 ELEPHANT RIDER COINS

K1 GARUDA TYPE COINS

K1 Silver Coins

K1 Copper Coins

K1 Lead Coins

SKANDAGUPTA

SKANDA KING & LAKSHMI

SKANDA ARCHER COINS

SKANDA Silver Coins

SKANDA Lead Coins

PURUGUPTA COINS

PRAKASADITYA COINS

CHANDRAGUPTA III

NARASIMHAGUPTA BALADITYA

KUMARAGUPTA II COINS

VISHNUGUPTA

BUDDHAGUPTA COINS

JAYAGUPTA COINS

SAMACHAR DEVA GUPTA

POST-GUPTA COINAGE

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National Museum - MUGHALS

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Visitor Comments & Notes

CHANDRAGUPTA II (AD375 - 414)


Chandragupta II - Gold Dinaras
 
During the entire Gupta Dynasty coinage, the only denomination used for Gold coins was the full Dinar, modeled after the Roman Denarii, following the Kushan example.   

In addition to full dianars - there one other specimen of a 
Half Dinar of CII in the Shivlee Collection and it is the only one known to exist in a private collection. 

One other specimen was listed in 1957 as part of the Gupta
coin collection in the Prince of Wales Museum, Bombay.

The Kushan dynasty did issue fractional dinars but no other fractional dinars are known to exist from the Gupta Dynasty other than this one speciman.  It may be that this one speciman may be part of a series of 'experiment' coins that may not have been accepted by the populace. 


Coin Types of Chandragupta II

Archer Type Class I

Archer Type Class II

Chattra Type

Horseman Type

King and Queen Type - Vaikuntha Type

Couch Type - King and Queen on Couch

Lion Slayer Type


Copper  & Lead Coins of Chandragupta
 


Silver Coins of Chandragupta - will be posted shortly



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A comprehensive collection of rare gold coins from the Gupta Dynasty of India.