New coin and video. Gupta Dynasty: Chandagupta Vikramaditya (Chandragupta II) (c. 380-414 AD), AV Dinara, Archer type, Shivlee A4, India’s Ancient Past (RS Sharma, Oxford University Press) cover coin (7.65 g, 18.89 mm) Obverse: King wearing Kushana style clothing and a tight-fitting cap standing left, holding an Indian long bow in his left hand and an arrow in his right. Garuda standard at left. Brahmi legend “Chandra “ under arm. “(Deva Sri Maharajadhiraja Sri) Chandraguptah” around. Reverse: Goddess Lakshmi seated facing on a stylized lotus in padmasana pose, left hand resting on knee, holding “pasha” (noose) in the left hand and long-stalked lotus in the right hand. Tamgha to the left of goddess’s head. Brahmi legend “Sri Vikramah” at right.
Great looking gold coin, and the reverse with Lakshmi on a lotus looks like Guanyin or where Hinduism meets Buddhism. Here's a Bagpiper Whiskey medal I have it's huge, weight is 35 grams, 40.5mm, mount removed. Hard to believe someone wore this honker around their neck, but I guess they did. I was gonna post a pic of my Hanuman coin but I can't find it.
Great coin @Amit Vyas ! I only have one coin depicting Lakshmi, but it is a special one to me. ANCIENT SRI LANKA / Ceylon Sri Lanka, excavated in Anuradhapura Anonymous, 1st C. BCE PB 1/8 Lakshmi 1.1g, 14.1mm x 7.8mm RARE OBV: Hindu Goddess Lakshmi facing. She is the goddess of wealth, fortune, and prosperity. She was a beauty and the wife of Vishnu REV: (blank) Comment: "Lakshmi (Sanskrit: लक्ष्मी, lakṣmī,ˈləkʂmiː) is the Hindu goddessof wealth, fortune and prosperity. She is the wife and shakti(energy) of Vishnu, a major god in Hinduism.[2]Lakshmi is also an important deity in Jainism and found in Jain temples.[3]Lakshmi was also a goddess of abundance and fortune for Buddhists, and was represented on the oldest surviving stupas and cave temples of Buddhism.[4][5] In Buddhist sects of Tibet, Nepal and southeast Asia, goddess Vasudharamirrors the characteristics and attributes of the Hindu goddess Lakshmi with minor iconographic differences." -Wikipedia.org
