The Coinage of the Gupta Empire and its Imitations c11.s4.3

c11.s4.3

The obverse of this type shows the king facing to left and offering oblations upon altar, as in the Standard type of Samudragupta. The king's left hand, however, is not holding any standard but resting upon the hilt of the sword hanging by his left side. The king sometimes wears a *dhoti* (Pl. VIII. 6, 9, 12 etc), sometimes trousers (Pl. VIII. 7-8) and sometimes a half-pant (Pl. VIII. 10). He is sometimes bare-headed (Pl. VIII. 10, 12-14), sometimes he wears a cap (Pl. VIII. 9) and sometimes a crown with a crest (Pl. VIII. 7).