Kumaragupta I; Gupta gold coin, obverse King riding a horse to right, holds a sword in right hand is pointed towards a rhinoceros, reverse Goddess Ganga standing facing head left, stands on a makara (elephant-head crocodile), an small attendant standing behind, holds a chattra (parasol) above Goddes Ganga. Kumaragupta I; Gupta gold coin, obverse King riding a horse to right, holds a sword in right hand is pointed towards a rhinoceros, with four coin edge. Kumaragupta I; Gupta gold coin, reverse Goddess Ganga standing facing head left, stands on a makara (elephant-head crocodile), an small attendant standing behind, holds a chattra (parasol) above Goddes Ganga, with four coin edge.
GUPT-18 Click on image for enlargement.


Indian Coins, Gupta. Kumaragupta I , 415-455 AD, Gold Dinar 8.21 g. 17.2 mm. die-axis 11 o'clock. The rhinoceros-slayer type.

Obverse: Part of legend around BHARTA KHADGATRATA KUMARAGUPTO JAYATYANISAM in Gupta-Bramhi script, ever victorious is the lord Kumaragupta who is khadgattrata, protector by the sword from the rhinoceros. King riding a caparisoned horse to right, wearing a decorated coat and trousers. Holds a sword in right hand which is pointed towards a rhinoceros in the right field.

Reverse: SRI MAHENDRA KHADGAH in Gupta-Bramhi script, rhinoceros killed by king Mahendra. Goddess Ganga standing facing, head left, wearing lower garments, shawl and jewellery. She stands on a makara (elephant-head crocodile) which offers a lotus with it trunk to Ganga (the river). In right field an small attendant standing behind, holds a chattra (parasol) above Ganga, in right field a royal symbol (tamgha) right.

GUPTA SCRIP-18


          An extremely rare genuine gold coin of the Gupta Imperial mints, solid gold coin not a filled metal electrotypes / reproductions.

          This coin compares to known authentic examples images housed in museums. The obverse and reverse dies matched the specimen in the collection of the Indian Museum, Calcutta, India. 87/C162 Kumaragupta. Ashmolean Museum, University of Oxford, England. (HCR6580).

          Photographic images can provide valuable clue, they can't definitely prove authenticity. For authentication, coins should be confirmed by other tests. Check the weight and size of the coin, microscopic evaluations to determine surface compositions and minting techniques, spectrometry to analyze the elemental composition of the coin's metal, and employ X-ray imaging to analyze the coin's structure and detect hidden defects, any anomalies.