The Coinage of the Gupta Empire and its Imitations c11.s3.1

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The horseman type is one of the new types introduced by Chandragupta II. He was probably skilled in horsemanship and may have therefore chosen the king as horseman as a new motif for his coinage. It became the most favourite type with his son Kumāragupta I. Prakāśāditya is the only other Gupta king, who continued this type, but in combination with the Lion-slayer motif.