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Drachma of Kumaragupta Icirca 414-455

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Ancient bronze coin with rust-brown and blue-green patina, showing a profile head with sweeping curved lines suggesting hair or a helmet crest, and a zigzag band below
Bronze coin with reddish-brown patina and traces of green corrosion, covered with raised Arabic script in silver-toned metal filling the entire face, with irregular struck edge.

Unknown, Drachma of Kumaragupta I, circa 414-455, Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Indian Art Special Purpose Fund, photo © Museum Associates/LACMA

Artist or Maker
Unknown
Title
Drachma of Kumaragupta I
Place Made
India
Date Made
circa 414-455
Medium
Silver
Dimensions
Diameter: 9/16 in. (1.43 cm)
Credit Line
Indian Art Special Purpose Fund
Accession Number
M.84.110.11
Classification
Tools and Equipment
Collecting Area
South and Southeast Asian Art
Selected Bibliography
  • Pal, Pratapaditya. Indian Sculpture, vol.1. Los Angeles: Los Angeles County Museum of Art; University of California Press, 1986.