coin
- Museum number
- 1894,0506.135
- Description
-
Silver coin. (whole)
-
Facing bust of king within a dotted border, wearing a foliate crown surmounted by diadems and a globe. The hair is swept back and tied in two buns, one on either side of the face, and an upward floating diadem is attached to each shoulder. (obverse)
-
A fire-altar crowned with a head and flames, flanked by two standing figures with staffs, all within a roughly circular dotted border. (reverse)
- Production date
- 4thC-5thC (circa)
- Dimensions
-
Die-axis: 3 o'clock
-
Diameter: 27 millimetres
-
Weight: 3.67 grammes
- $Inscriptions
-
-
- Curator's comments
- Identified from its drawing in Masson's Uncatalogued Manuscript (Bundle 1a) as being from the relic deposit of Tope Kelan (Hadda Stupa 10), excavated by Masson in 1834.
- Location
- Not on display
- Acquisition date
- 1894
- Department
- Money and Medals
- Registration number
- 1894,0506.135