Guptas, Samudragupta (335-380 AD), Gold Dinar, 7.55g, 22-23mm, Lyrist type, Obv: Wearing skull cap diadem and earrings and short Dhoti king seated on a high-backed throne, playing a veena (lute) that rests on his knees, seated upright facing left on a four legged seat away from its back with one leg flexed under the other and on footstool character ’Si’ for siddham (luck), Maharajadhiraja Sri guptah in margin; Rev: Lakshmi nimbate, seated left on a wicker stool, holding a diadem fillet in her right hand and a cornucopia in the left, legend Samudraguptah in right margin (Altekar: Bayana Hoard (Bombay 1954) 187, BMC-GD 50- 54). It’s mentioned in the Vedas that the king should play the veena himself and entertain the guests present for the Ashvamedha yajna. Tamgha is absent. Sanjeev Kumar, Treasures of the Gupta Empire, Variety 1. Very Fine, Extremely Rare. View Lot Details