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<p>[QUOTE="Ed Snible, post: 5387508, member: 82322"]<b>I really like your graphic, showing the letters of the inscription!</b></p><p><br /></p><p>Here is a silver coin I believe was minted under Skandagupta Karmaditya. Did I get the attribution correct?</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1231316[/ATTACH] </p><p>Guptas, Skandagupta Kramaditya (circa 455-467 AD), 1.69g, AR 11.5mm</p><p>Obv: Crude bust of king right</p><p>Rev: <i>Parama-bhāgavata Sri Skandagupta Kramaditya</i> (in Brahmi); Lighted altar with steps</p><p>Ref: Mitchiner (1978) #4870</p><p><br /></p><p>To understand the inscription I used internet sources as well as Plant, <i>Greek, Semitic, Asiatic</i> p. 145. "<i>PaRaMa BhAGaVaTa ShRI SKaNDaGUPTa KRaMADITYaH"</i>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Ed Snible, post: 5387508, member: 82322"][B]I really like your graphic, showing the letters of the inscription![/B] Here is a silver coin I believe was minted under Skandagupta Karmaditya. Did I get the attribution correct? [ATTACH=full]1231316[/ATTACH] Guptas, Skandagupta Kramaditya (circa 455-467 AD), 1.69g, AR 11.5mm Obv: Crude bust of king right Rev: [I]Parama-bhāgavata Sri Skandagupta Kramaditya[/I] (in Brahmi); Lighted altar with steps Ref: Mitchiner (1978) #4870 To understand the inscription I used internet sources as well as Plant, [I]Greek, Semitic, Asiatic[/I] p. 145. "[I]PaRaMa BhAGaVaTa ShRI SKaNDaGUPTa KRaMADITYaH"[/I][/QUOTE]
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