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THE SHIVLEE COLLECTION

GUPTA DYNASTY HISTORY

CHANDRAGUPTA I COINS

Standard (Sceptre) Type

King&Queen on Couch Type

SAMUDRAGUPTA COINS

Standard (Sceptre)

Archer Type Coins

Lyrist Type Coins

Asvamedha Type Coins

Battle Axe Type Coins

King and Queen Type Coins

Tiger Slayer Type Coins

Silver Coins of Samudra

RAMAGUPTA COINS

COPPER COINS

KACHAGUPTA

KACHAGUPTA GOLD COINS

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 ASVAMEDHA TYPE COIN

K1 KARTIKEYA TYPE COINS

K1 SWORDSMAN TYPE COIN

K1 TIGER SLAYER COINS

K1 LION SLAYER COINS

K1 ELEPHANT RIDER COINS

K1 GARUDA TYPE COINS

K1 Copper Coins

K1 Silver Coins

K1 Lead Coins

SKANDAGUPTA

SKANDA ARCHER COINS

SKANDA KING & LAKSHMI

SKANDA Silver Coins

SKANDA Lead Coins

PURUGUPTA COINS

CHANDRAGUPTA III

SAMUDRAGUPTA II

PRAKASADITYA COINS

NARASIMHAGUPTA BALADITYA

KUMARAGUPTA II COINS

BUDDHAGUPTA COINS

BUDDHAGUPTA ARCHER TYPE

BUDDHAGUPTA SILVER COINS

VISHNUGUPTA

JAYAGUPTA COINS

SAMACHAR DEVA GUPTA

POST-GUPTA COINAGE

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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. 


The Shivlee Collection contains an extensive collection covering all of the Coin Types of Chandragupta II and an even more extensive collection comprising of the multiple varieties and mint types minted during this period.  A number of coins in this group are either the only known coins known to exist or the only known specimen outside of a museum setting...

Archer Type Class I

Archer Type Class II

Chattra Type

Horseman Type

King and Queen Type - Vaikuntha Type

Couch Type - King on Couch

Lion Slayer Type


Copper  & Lead Coins of Chandragupta
 

Silver Coins of Chandragupta



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