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Kumaragupta I was named after war god Kartikeya whose mount was peacock.https://www.marudhararts.com/printed-auction/auction-no-28/lot-no-39/coins-of-india/ancient-india/punch-marked-coins/shakya-janapada-600-500-bc-/archaic-punch-marked-silver-five-shana-coin-of-shakya-janapada-.html
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Gold Dinar Coin of Kumaragupta I of Gupta Dynasty of Kartikeya type. AUCTION28 | LotNo.39
GuptaDynasty, KumaraguptaI (Mahendraditya) (415-455AD), Gold Dinar, "Kartikeya" type, Obv: king, nimbate, standingfacingtoleftinfront ofthePeacock, wearingadhotiabove kneeswithsashroundhiswaistand fallingdown, earrings, necklace, wristlet, atwigofgrapesheldinhis righthandandofferingtothePeacock, hislefthandrestingonthehip, circular Brahmilegend "Jayati svagunair gunarasirVrata (nihanr-Mahendra) h kumarah",
Rev: godKartikeya, nimbate, three fourthstoseatedfacingleft on Peacockpercheduponaplatform, wearingadhoti, earnings, necklace, wristlet, righthandisinaabhaya- mudraposeandlefthandholdingthe Saktispear restingonthehip, Brahmi legendattheright field "Mahendrakumarah", 8.22g, 19.63mm, (variantofAltekar, Bayana Hoard # Pl. XXVI-7&8/TOTGE, S. Kumar # ClassI), aboutveryfine, Exceedingly Rare.
Kartikeya typewasissuedbyonly KumaraguptaIintheGupta Empirecoinage, thisinnovation wasobviouslyintendedtobe numismatichomagetothedeity. KartikeyaistheHindugodofwar, thesonofLordShivaandknown bymanynames, oneofwhichis Kumara. KumaraguptaIwas namedafterwargodKartikeya whosemountwaspeacock.
SKumarhasreportedonly96 specimensofthistypesofar. The obverselegendarrangement is “Jayatisvagunairgunarasir VrtanihanrMahendrakumarah”, “जय?त ?वगुणेर गुणार?सर ?त?नहारन - मह??क ु मा र:” meaningthedestroyerofVrtra, havinganabundanceofvirtues, conquersthroughhisvirtues. https://bit.ly/2BT0K3n eMail : info@MarudharArts.com