Top 10 Ancient Indian Coins Recommended
Disclaimer: It is hard to come up with a list of top 10 worthy Ancient Indian coins! I have tried to study auction results and notable sales of these rare coins featured on my blog. The images are attributed with the original references and details. I am grateful to these sources for allowing us to observe these rarities at once! These coins are listed in the order which found suitable to me, it may change in order over pressing demand or sudden scarcity. However, I am firm at the list that it will allude its readers in the similar way as I suppose. Please note that the images of coins are not sold here/any contemplation to sell in any manner from this blog. This is posted for only educational purpose for collectors.
Number 1: Kumaragupta Rhinoceros Type
Fritz Rudolf Künker GmbH & Co. KG, Auction 318 11-12 Mar 2019:
Description of the lot 2189: GUPTA IN INDIA. Kumaragupta, 414-455. AV Stater, Rhinoceros Slayer type; 7.95 g. King on horseback r. attacking a rhinoceros with a sword // Ganga is standing there, with an elephant-headed crocodile in front of it, behind it a female figure holding a parasol in front of the goddess. Altekar Pl. XIII, 3 ff .; Kumar p. 326. Of great rarity. Very beautiful. The Avers may refer to a conquest of Kamarupa (Assam), where the rhinoceros was native. The lapel symbolizes possibly the supremacy Pataliputras (the capital of Guptareiches) on Kamarupa. See this interpretation of the representations Mukherjee, B.N., "Rhinoceros Slayer" Type of Coins of Kumaragupta I (Its Historical Significance), in: Indian Historical Quarterly 31, no. 2 (1955), pp. 175 ff. [Auction Link]
Sold for 100,000 Euros.
Number 2: Eukratides I 20 Staters Coin
Number 1: Kumaragupta Rhinoceros Type
[Image Courtesy: Auctioneer FRK GmbH & Co. KG].
Fritz Rudolf Künker GmbH & Co. KG, Auction 318 11-12 Mar 2019:
Description of the lot 2189: GUPTA IN INDIA. Kumaragupta, 414-455. AV Stater, Rhinoceros Slayer type; 7.95 g. King on horseback r. attacking a rhinoceros with a sword // Ganga is standing there, with an elephant-headed crocodile in front of it, behind it a female figure holding a parasol in front of the goddess. Altekar Pl. XIII, 3 ff .; Kumar p. 326. Of great rarity. Very beautiful. The Avers may refer to a conquest of Kamarupa (Assam), where the rhinoceros was native. The lapel symbolizes possibly the supremacy Pataliputras (the capital of Guptareiches) on Kamarupa. See this interpretation of the representations Mukherjee, B.N., "Rhinoceros Slayer" Type of Coins of Kumaragupta I (Its Historical Significance), in: Indian Historical Quarterly 31, no. 2 (1955), pp. 175 ff. [Auction Link]
Sold for 100,000 Euros.
Number 2: Eukratides I 20 Staters Coin
