Horseman Type of Chandragupta II was a new coin type introduced during his reign.
CLASS I - King riding to left, goddess to left on wicker stool CLASS II - King riding to right, goddess to left on wicker stool CLASS III - King riding horse (either to right or left), Goddess seated facing front.
Obverse- King shown riding a fully caparisoned horse either to the right or the left; wearing a dhoti, sometimes riding with weapons. Crescent behind kings head on some coins.
Legend: Paramabhagavata Maharajadiraja Sri Chandraguptah
Reverse: Goddess Lakshmi sitting on a mohra - wicker stool, facing left, lotus in left hand, Ajitavikramah
chandragupta II, horseman type gold coin
Horseman Type, Class I, Var. B 7.9gm, 21mm
Nimbate King riding horse to left, Bow in left hand. Beautiful and graceful rendition of horse. Traces of legend on edge of coin. Goddess on reverse, holding ribbons, seated on a wicker stool. Ajitavikramah
CHANDRAGUPTA II HORSEMAN TYPE COIN rare variety
Horseman to left, King holding bow 7.51gm, 1.9cm. Very rare variety - 2 known coins. The 2nd coin was in the original Bayana Hoard # BH314
Class I, Variety A King to left, no weapons.
CHANDRA GUPTA HORSEMAN COIN GUPTA EMPIRE
Class I, Var B
King with Bow, riding horse to left.
CHANDRAGUPTA II HORSEMAN TYPE COIN
Class I, Variety B: King Chandragupta II, riding to left - Paramabhagvato maharajadhiraja Sri Chandraguptah
Reverse: Goddess seated on wicker stool, facing left, with flower in left hand and ribbon in right hand. Ajitavikramah
7.75gm
CHANDRAGUPTA II HORSEMAN TYPE COIN
Class I, Variety B: King Chandragupta II, riding to left - Paramabhagvato maharajadhiraja Sri Chandraguptah
Reverse: Goddess seated on wicker stool, facing left, with flower in left hand and diedem in right hand. Partial Symbol visible. Ajitavikramah
7.5gm
CHANDRAGUPTA II HORSEMAN TYPE COIN W DOTTED LINE ON REVERSE
King riding to left with bow in left hand. 7.75gm.
Very important coin. Same reverse with the dotted line between goddess and biruda as the next coin shown below, however on this next coin the King is riding to the right without any weapons.
Class II, Var A
King riding to the right, no Crescents either on Obverse or Reverse. Goddess holding a diedem in hand. No Symbol visible.
CHANDRAGUPTA II HORSEMAN TYPE COIN
Class II, Var A King without any weapons
7.4 gms, 1.9cm
This coin has a crescent on both the reverse and obverse. Only one other coin is known to exist with 2 crescents - Obv - over kings head, Rev, in front of Goddess. See J.N.S.I, Vol IX, Pl. VII.1.
CHANDRAGUPTA II HORSEMAN TYPE COIN
Class II, Var A
7.75gms
King without weapons, crescent visible over King's head. Reverse - goddess dropping 12 coins Ajitavikramah
CHANDRAGUPTA II HORSEMAN TYPE COIN
CHANDRAGUPTA II HORSEMAN TYPE COIN
Legend at 8 O'clock: ...dhiraja Sri Chandraguptah. Nimbate King riding to right, no weapons, style of King identical to the Archer Type Class II, Variety D indicating Mint B. 7.65gms.
Reverse legend: Ajitavikramah
Only 3 additional coins of this die variant known to exist of which one in the Skanda Collection.
Class II, Var B King with Bow in left hand
In this variety, the King is always shown with a bow in left hand. The King is always shown without a halo and the design is bold in execution and design. Also note that in this design the King is shown with a mustache.
CHANDRAGUPTA II HORSEMAN GOLD COIN
ole between goddess and biruda - Ajitavikramah
Class II, Var C King with Bow in right hand
A very unique and rare strike
CHANDRAGUPTA II HORSEMAN GOLD COIN
Horse to right, nimbate (with halo), holding a bow in right hand. A beautiful pearl string is shown on the back of the Kings headdress.
This is the only known speciman of this variety. Usually the King is shown to be riding to the right with weapons in the left hand. This coin design appears to be a mirror image of another similar design where the King is shown riding to the left, holding a bow and with the same Pearls string off the back of the Kings head.
Class III Goddess facing to the front King riding to right, holding an arrow or a whip in right hand, holding bow in left hand.
CHANDRAGUPTA II HORSEMAN GOLD COIN
First and only coin known to exist with the Goddess facing to the front. A beautiful bold design struck on a broad flan. 7.91 gms.
Obvserve: King without halo, riding to right, bow in left hand and arrow or whip in right hand.
Reverse: Goddess seated on a wicker stool, facing front. Ajitavikramah .
This is the first and only coin known to exist with this reverse design. Exceptionally rare and one of a kind speciman. These coins struck on a broad flan are unique and shows the hand of a very talented and skilled mint master. The designs from this Mint can be seen in other coins struck on broad flans ... see Samudragupta Lyrist coin, Battle Axe coin, Standrad type coin, Tiger Slayer coin.
