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Lot # 10 - Silver Drachma Coin of Amoghbuti of Kunindas with three arched hill and Kalash on the obverse.
Silver Drachma Coin of Amoghbuti of Kunindas with three arched hill and Kalash on the obverse.
Silver Drachma Coin of Amoghbuti of Kunindas with three arched hill and Kalash on the obverse. Silver Drachma Coin of Amoghbuti of Kunindas with three arched hill and Kalash on the obverse. Silver Drachma Coin of Amoghbuti of Kunindas with three arched hill and Kalash on the obverse.
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Kuninda Dynasty, Amoghbuti (200 BC), Silver Drachma, "Three-Arched hill & Kalash" type. Obv: a deer standing to the right with a square-shaped vase above its back, an early Srivatsa symbol between its horns, a three-arched hill below the deer, and a Kalash between the deer and the goddess, the goddess Lakshmi stands on the right field in front of the deer, facing forward, and holds a lotus flower with an upraised right hand, the Brahmi legend “Rajnah Kunimdasya Amoghbhutisya Maharajasya”(Great king Amoghbhuti, of The Kunindas) around the field, Rev: a centrally placed six-arched hill (chaitya) with parasol, a wavy river line below and a Nandipada (Triratna) above, Swastika above an Indradhvaja on the left field and a tree within railings on the right, the Kharoshthi legend “Rana Kunindasa Amoghbutisa Maharajasa” (Great king Amogh, of the Kunindas) around the field, 2.15g, 17.38mm, (JONS by S. Kumar 218 # Type I, Class-10), choice quality, about extremely fine, Very Rare.

Note: This variant has a three-arched hill below the deer, and a Kalasha or pot between the deer and the goddess.


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