The Coinage of the Gupta Empire and its Imitations c13.s1.1

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The Horseman type of Kumāragupta I, is the most popular type of this emperor. The obverse is more or less the same as that of the Horseman type of his father; the king is riding a horse to right or left, sometimes with and sometimes without weapons. The reverse continues the motif of the goddess seated on a wicker-stool in some cases, but in others, it introduces another motif,—goddess feeding a peacock. It is interesting to note that each variety in this type has its own distinctive features in the direction of the horse, the types of its saddle-ornamentation, the weapons of the king, the legend on the obverse and the details of the motif on the reverse. Considerable attention must have been bestowed in determining these minute details of each variety.