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Coin of Chandragupta II
The collection record classifies this work as coins. It is dated c. 400 CE. Recorded culture or place: India, Chandragupta II, Gupta Period, late 4th-early 5th century.
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- Museum title
- Coin of Chandragupta II
- Date
- c. 400 CE
- Culture / origin
- India, Chandragupta II, Gupta Period, late 4th-early 5th century
- Materials and technique
- gold
- Dimensions
- Diameter: 1.9 cm (3/4 in.)
- Artist / maker
- Not specified by the museum
- Museum
- The Cleveland Museum of Art
- Accession number
- 1977.62
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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.
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