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<p>[QUOTE="Finn235, post: 7965054, member: 98035"]Thanks all, and thanks for the clarification, [USER=57364]@THCoins[/USER]!</p><p><br /></p><p>[USER=1844]@Doug[/USER], a good rule of thumb with these is "when in doubt, it's Kumaragupta". Seriously if you were to take a random sample of 1,000 Garuda-type Gupta drachms, probably at least 900 of those would be Kumaragupta. I have a small assortment in various styles. On almost all specimens I've seen, Sri Kumaragupta starts at about 10:00 on the reverse</p><p><br /></p><p>Finest style</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1380994[/ATTACH] </p><p>[ATTACH=full]1380993[/ATTACH] </p><p>[ATTACH=full]1380992[/ATTACH] </p><p>[ATTACH=full]1380991[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>Medium style</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1380990[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>Crude style</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1380989[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>These pop up from time to time - my understanding is that these are probably some sort of imitative, possibly made decades or even centuries after his death - Extremely tight, dumpy flan, crude style, and no visible silver</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1380988[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Finn235, post: 7965054, member: 98035"]Thanks all, and thanks for the clarification, [USER=57364]@THCoins[/USER]! [USER=1844]@Doug[/USER], a good rule of thumb with these is "when in doubt, it's Kumaragupta". Seriously if you were to take a random sample of 1,000 Garuda-type Gupta drachms, probably at least 900 of those would be Kumaragupta. I have a small assortment in various styles. On almost all specimens I've seen, Sri Kumaragupta starts at about 10:00 on the reverse Finest style [ATTACH=full]1380994[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]1380993[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]1380992[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]1380991[/ATTACH] Medium style [ATTACH=full]1380990[/ATTACH] Crude style [ATTACH=full]1380989[/ATTACH] These pop up from time to time - my understanding is that these are probably some sort of imitative, possibly made decades or even centuries after his death - Extremely tight, dumpy flan, crude style, and no visible silver [ATTACH=full]1380988[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]
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