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Gold dinara coin of Kumaragupta I, Gupta dynasty, North India, c415-50. D: 2.0cm, W: 8.07g. Sir Alexander Cunningham Collection. CM 1894-5-6-962. - This unique design shows a tethered horse. It symbolises the ashvamedha ritual of legitimizing the conquests of a honourable and pious king. After a great victory, a horse was left to roam for a year and all the lands he passed through in that time belonged rightfully to the king. At the end of the year the horse was sacrificed in celebration of the great king's victory. The reverse of this coin shows a goddess (probably Lakshmi, the Hindu goddess of good fortune), with the royal attributes of a standard and a flywhisk.
Location
British Museum/London/Great Britain
Unique Identifier
ART307927
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Purpose
Public
Size
3600px × 1876px
Photo Credit
© The Trustees of the British Museum / Art Resource, NY
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5th century CE
Coin
Gold
Gupta dynasty (320-600 CE)
Horse
Kumara Gupta (c.415-455)