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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Ancientnoob, post: 1736492, member: 44140&quot;]I have several coins of KumaraGupta, with both a Garuda (winged monster) and the three arched hill. The coins I have seen of the Gupta Empire are imitative of the early coins of the Western Satraps. A continuation of the &quot;Greek&quot; style of minting coins. Struck flans with a distinctive obverse and reverse. In this case the king&#039;s bust obverse and a Garuda reverse. I would say this coin is fairly inexpensive and common, but extremely rare with all the jazz on the flan. These are actually round dies struck on square flans. I don&#039;t believe there is any difference in rarity or value based on reverse type and I don&#039;t believe I have ever seen a full sized &quot;round&quot; coin. Many of the coins available sport about 1/8 of the total reverse legend and are often heavily circulated so the bust is worn flat. In other cases, as a result of the square flans and round dies the bust is off-struck significantly. I selected this coin because of the amount of details on both sides. I think I have a good example of what this coin is supposed to look like, and I am still missing legend. The reverse being readable (not by me-yet) , the text is visually appealing and the Garuda has good squiggles. I am very pleased. <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie9" alt=":eek:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>India</p><p>Gupta Empire</p><p>Kumaragupta I (414-455)</p><p>Western Provinces </p><p>AR Drachm 12 mm x 2.09 g</p><p>Obverse: Formal Bust of KumaraGupta I right.</p><p>Reverse: Garuda facing with wings spread. Brahmi script-Parama-bhagavata rajahiraja-Sri Kumara Gupta. Mahendraditya</p><p>ref:Mit.ACE 4845[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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