Coin of Chandragupta II (Cleveland Museum of Art 1977.62)
Record status
Individual type · partial
Period
c. 400 CE
The rulers of the Gupta dynasty unified northern India under native rule for the first time since the Maurya empire (323-185 bc). The Guptas named themselves after Chandragupta, the founder of the Maurya dynasty. This coin of Chandragupta II, who ruled from around ad 380 to 415, depicts a divine archer holding a bow and arrow. On the reverse is the Indian goddess of good fortune, Shri, seated on a lotus. Cleveland Museum of Art object 1977.62: Coin of Chandragupta II , c. 400 CE. India, Chandragupta II, Gupta Period, late 4th-early 5th century. Gold; diameter: 1.9 cm (3/4 in.). Details are those of this museum object; how far it represents a wider type has not been independently verified.
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Physical characteristics
- Materials
- gold
- Dimensions
- Diameter: 1.9 cm (3/4 in.)
- Measurements
- Diameter: 1.9 cm (3/4 in.)
- Material and technique
- gold
Identification
- Date recorded
- c. 400 CE
- Culture period
- India, Chandragupta II, Gupta Period, late 4th-early 5th century
- Holding institution
- Cleveland Museum of Art
- Museum object number
- 1977.62
- Published references
- Lee, Sherman E. “The Year in Review for 1977.” The Bulletin of the Cleveland Museum of Art , vol. 65, no. 1, 1978, pp. 2–43. Mentioned: no. 141, p. 43; Reproduced: no. 141, p. 31 · "Annual Report for 1977." The Bulletin of the Cleveland Museum of Art 65, no. 6 (1978): 177-215. Mentioned: p. 192
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- Coins
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