The Coinage of the Gupta Empire and its Imitations c13.s1.11

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The variety C of class II, (Pl. XI. 9-10) closely resembles the variety C of Class I. (Pl. X. 14-5; XI. 1). In both varieties on the obverse the horse faces right and the king carries no weapons. The legend on both begins with the same words, but there is a slight change at the end; for the legend on the present variety reads ‘*Kshitipatirajito vijayī Kumāragupto* jayatyajitah,’ (and not Kumāragupto divam jayati¹ (Pl. XXII. 27); ‘The invincible and victorious king Kumāragupta carries the day, being undefeated.’ The metre is Upagīti. The reverse shows the goddess feeding peacock, but there are hardly any grapes attached to the twig in her hand; they are all apparently already eaten by the pet. There is no symbol on the reverse.