The Coinage of the Gupta Empire and its Imitations c11.s10.t4: Chakra Type
The Coinage of the Gupta Empire and its Imitations c11.s10.t4
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Chakra Type
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(11) Copper; .4"; 8.4 grains; *B.M.C., G.D.*, Pl. XI. 20. *Obv:* In the upper half, *chakra* or wheel, in the lower half *Chandra*, rather blurred. *Rev:* In the upper half, Garuḍa; in the lower half *Gupta*. (Pl. XVI. 18)
c11.s10.t4.2
The coins of this type are rare. Mr. Allan has obversed that the obverse of this type is entirely covered with the legend in two lines, (p. cxxxviii), but what he takes to be the letter *Śri-* is obviously a wheel, as in clear from the photograph in the *B.M.C., G.D.*, which is reproduced here.