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Auction: 24126 - Spink Numismatic e-Circular 38: British and World Coins and Medals - e-Auction
Lot: 2459

India, Post-Gupta, Aulikaras of Rajasthan, Anonymous (c.6-7th century), lead Units (8), with Brahmi legend jitam bhagavata vishnunam (won by the Lord Vishnu) arranged around a lotus flower / large srivatsa (Vaishnavite symbol) (2), Brahmi legend jitam bhagavata padmanabhena (won by the Lord Padmanabha) / smaller srivatsa flanked by a club, conch, and other vaishnavite symbols (1), without legend, lotus flower / conch (5) (Pieper, Ancient Indian Coins Revisited, 901 - 903 for type, the first not recorded by him), very rare and for the most part remarkably well preserved for lead coins of this era, about fine to very fine, found in the Mandasor / Nadol region of Rajasthan (8)

Provenance

Barbara Mears Collection of Indian Coins


For other references to these coins see:

K.D. Bajpai, JNSI, XXXIII, pt.I pp.120-21, plate V, #4
J.P. Singh, JNSI, XXXIV, pt.II, pp.253-57

Similar from the Pieper collection offered in Steve Album auction 39, 21 Jan. 2021, lots 813, 814, realising US$ 325 and $280 per coin.


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Sold for
£260

Starting price
£260