The Coinage of the Gupta Empire and its Imitations c11.s2.8

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In four varieties of this class A-D, the king is facing left, in six varieties E-J, he is facing right. The coins show a great diversity in the motif on the reverse; the varieties are therefore distinguished with reference to the attributes of the goddess on the reverse and the posture of her mount. In variety A (Pl. VI. 7), the goddess is seated facing on lion couchant to left; she holds a noose in her right hand and a lotus in the left. In variety B (Pl. VI. 8), the goddess is seated to left astride her mount; she has a lotus in her right hand and the left one is hanging empty by her side. In varieties C and D, the lion is walking to r. and the legend is different from the usual one; in variety C (Pl. VI. 9), it is incomplete and seems to have been Mahārājādhirāja-Śrī-Chandraguptaḥ. In variety D (Pl. VI. 10), this legend is prefixed by the king’s favourite name, Deva.