SAMACHAR DEVA GUPTA (600 AD)
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Post Gupta. Bengal, Samachar Deva (c.600 AD):
Base Gold Dinar, Archer type,
Obverse: Sama below arm of standing king to left, legend around, bow in left hand, right hand holding arrow, bull standard in field left.
Reverse: Sri Narendravinita, goddess Sri-Lakshmi seated on lotus holding long-stemmed lotus flower and noose (BMC XXIV, 3-4; Altekar XIXA, 6).
This type previously represented only by one coin in the Indian Museum and one coin in the St Petersburg Museum (see BMC XXIV 3-4)
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