Ratas of Samatata

 

Cat No

Obverse

Reverse

Provenance

Wt/Diam

Comments

 

crude figure of king standing left, holding arrow left and bow right, "Sri " to left of face, "Sri " in field right

crude figure of goddess standing right, pseudo characters right

Photo from Spink, sale 5014, lot 681

5.61g

AU Stater

M.Land of Water 65; MAC.4924

 

crude figure of king standing left, holding arrow left and bow right, "Sri " to left of face, "Sri " in field right

crude figure of goddess standing right, pseudo characters right

Photo from Spink, sale 5014, lot 680

5.62g

AU Stater

M.Land of Water 65; MAC.4924

 

King without halo standing left, holding a bow in his left hand and arrow in his right hand, beneath the king's left arm "Sri Kumara" in Brahmi 

 

Photo from Heritage Europe, sale 58, lot 7163

5.69g

AU Dinar

Bose/Noman Nasir: Early Coinage of Bengal, Type 12.4; Mitch. Bangladesh #44; Fr. -; ZENO197617

 

King facing left holding a bow in his left hand, arrow with right, a conch shell standard left, a horse symbol on right field with Brahmi Dasa above it; Sri written on top left dotted border around

Female winged figure, apparently a deity (Lakshmi?) holding an object in right hand (lotus bud?)

Photo from Heritage Europe, sale 58, lot 7162

5.64g

AU Dinar

Bose/Noman Nasir: Early Coinage of Bengal, Type 5.3; Mitch. Bangladesh #63; Fr.112a; ZENO197626

 

King without halo standing left, holding a bow in his left hand and arrow in his right hand, beneath the king's left arm and top left Pra in Brahmi

 

Photo from Heritage Europe, sale 58, lot 7161

5.61g

AU Dinar

Bose/Noman Nasir: Early Coinage of Bengal, Type 7.1; Friedberg - ; ZENO197627

 

King without halo standing left, holding a bow in his left hand and arrow in his right hand, beneath the king's left arm Sri Kumara in Brahmi

 

Photo from Heritage Europe, sale 58, lot 7160

4.98g

AU Dinar

Bose/Noman Nasir: Early Coinage of Bengal, Type 12.4; Mitch. Bangladesh #44; Fr. -; ZENO197616

 

King standing left, sacrificing over altar and holding trident, blundered legend around

Female figure standing right in tribhanga pose holding a trident-shaped object, tamgha in field, blundered legend copied from NANA

Photo from Heritage Europe, sale 58, lot 7159

7.58g

AU Dinar

Vira Chandra

Kushan type of Kanishka I, ca.2nd-early 3rd cent.

Bose/Noman Nasir: Early Coinage of Bengal, Type 1A.2; Mitch. Bangladesh #23; ZENO197615

 

King without halo standing left, holding a bow in his left hand and arrow in his right hand, beneath the king's left arm and top left "Sri" in Brahmi

 

Photo from Heritage Europe, sale 58, lot 7158

5.40g

AU Dinar

Sridharana Rata

Bose/Noman Nasir: Early Coinage of Bengal, Type 15.1; Mitch. Bangladesh #66; Fr.124; ZENO197621

 

King without halo standing left, holding a bow in his left hand and arrow in his right hand, "Sri" on top left, beneath the king's left arm "Jiva" in Brahmi

 

Photo from Heritage Europe, sale 58, lot 7157

5.60g

AU Dinar

Sri Jivadharana Rata (fl. 663-664)

Bose/Noman Nasir: Early Coinage of Bengal, Type 14.1; Mitch. Bangladesh #64; Fr.123; ZENO197620

 

King facing left holding a bow in his left hand, arrow with right, a conch shell standard left, dotted border around

Female winged figure, apparently a deity (Lakshmi?) holding an object in right hand (lotus bud?)

Photo from Heritage Europe, sale 58, lot 7156

5.72g

AU Dinar

Anonymous

Bose/Noman Nasir: Early Coinage of Bengal, Type 3.5; Mitch. Bangladesh #54; Fr. rf.112; ZENO197618

 

King facing left holding a bow in his left hand, arrow with right, a conch shell standard left, above fire altar symbol, dotted border around

Female winged figure, apparently a deity (Lakshmi?) holding an object in right hand (lotus bud?)

Photo from Heritage Europe, sale 58, lot 7155

5.51

AU Dinar

Anonymous

Bose/Noman Nasir: Early Coinage of Bengal, Type 3.8; Mitch. Bangladesh #58; Fr. rf.112; ZENO197619

 

stylized king as archer holding an arrow left and a bow right, standard in left field, Brahmi Sri above and Sri under arm right

goddess standing right with pseudo legend in right field

Photo from Spink, sale 19006, lot 107

5.72g

AU Dinar

Mitch. Land of Water 66-68

 

Stylised representation of a nimbate 'archer' type king, holding bow in one hand and arrow in the other, with a crudely executed 'Shankha' standard in the backdrop and Brahmi letter Shri to the left of the head; Brahmi legend Jaya below the hand with bow.

Stylised representation of goddess, facing right, making a gesture of reassurance, with curved lines (drapery?) behind her back; crude illegible inscription to right.

Photo from Classical Numismatic Gallery, sale 26, lot 169

4.87g

AU Dinar

Jeevadharana Rata

ECB SAM14.3

 

Stylised representation of a nimbate 'archer' type king, holding bow in one hand and arrow in the other, with a crudely executed 'Shankha' standard in the backdrop and Brahmi letter Shri to the left of the head; Brahmi letter Shri below the hand with bow.

Stylised representation of goddess, facing right, making a gesture of reassurance, with curved lines (drapery?) behind her back; crude inscription to right.

Photo from Classical Numismatic Gallery, sale 26, lot 170

5.70g

AU Dinar

Sridharana Rata

ECB SAM15.1

 

Khadgas of Samatata

 

Cat No

Obverse

Reverse

Provenance

Wt/Diam

Comments

 

King without halo standing left, holding a bow in his left hand and arrow in his right hand, beneath the king's left arm a crude rendering of "Rajabhata" in Brahmi

 

Photo from Heritage Europe, sale 58, lot 7164

5.46g

AU Dinar

Rajabhata (ca. 695-715 AD)

Bose/Noman Nasir: Early Coinage of Bengal, Type 16.2; Mitch. Bangladesh #72; Fr.125; ZENO197622

 

King without halo standing left, holding a bow in his left hand and arrow in his right hand, beneath the king's left arm a crude rendering of "Rajabhata" in Brahmi

 

Photo from Heritage Europe, sale 58, lot 7165

5.66g

AU Dinar

Rajabhata (ca. 695-715 AD)

Bose/Noman Nasir: Early Coinage of Bengal, Type 16.2; Mitch. Bangladesh #72; Fr.125; ZENO197624

 

King without halo standing left, holding a bow in his left hand and arrow in his right hand, beneath the king's left arm a crude rendering of "Rajabhata" in Brahmi 

 

Photo from Heritage Europe, sale 58, lot 7166

5.72g

AU Dinar

Rajabhata (ca. 695-715 AD)

Bose/Noman Nasir: Early Coinage of Bengal, Type 16.2; Mitch. Bangladesh #72; Fr.125; ZENO197623

 

King without halo standing left, holding a bow in his left hand and arrow in his right hand, standard with bull symbol in left field, beneath the king's left arm "Sarvanada" in Brahmi and "Sri" on top left and "pra" below right arm

 

Photo from Heritage Europe, sale 58, lot 7167

5.44g

AU Dinar

Sarvanada (early 8th cent. AD)

Bose/Noman Nasir: Early Coinage of Bengal, Type 18.1; Mitch. Bangladesh #77; Fr.128; ZENO197625