The Coinage of the Gupta Empire and its Imitations c11.s2.13

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Class III, the Lion-retreating type, is known from very few specimens. In varieties A and B (Pl. VII. 5-6), the king is to left; he is holding the bow in the right hand and the arrow in the l.; the former is not shown being strung. In variety A, the mount lion is couchant, in variety B, it is walking to right. In varieties C and D, the king is to right; in the former (Pl. VII. 7), he is stringing the bow to attack the beast; in the latter (Pl. VII. 9), he is charging it with a sword. Variety E (Pl. VII. 8) is like variety C, but the king is defiantly kicking at the retreating lion.