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GUPTA: Prakasaditya, 496-510, AV dinar (9.39g). EF

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GUPTA: Prakasaditya, 496-510, AV dinar (9.39g). EF
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GUPTA: Prakasaditya, 496-510, AV dinar (9.39g), Mitch-—, Altekar: plate XV:14/15 Kumar: variety C, horseman lion-slayer type: king mounted on caparisoned horse, stooping down to thrust his sword through the mouth of a lion rearing up before the horse, Brahmi letter ru beneath // Lakshmi seated cross-legged on lotus, king's name to the right, average quality, struck from slightly worn dies, bold EF, RR, ex Skanda Collection, Lot 148.

Recent research has reassigned this piece to the Alchon Huns ruler Toramana, ca. 490-515, who took on the title of Prakasaditya. Jan Lingen noted that the letter below the Horse can be read as either "ru" or "u", possibly standing for Udayaditya, citing the important article confirming the re-attribution to Toramana: Pankaj Tandon ("The Identity of Prakasaditya," Journal of the Royal Asiatic Society, Volume 24, Issue 4, October 2014, pp. 557-572) has shown conclusively that Prakasaditya was in fact the Huna king Toramana.