The Coinage of the Gupta Empire and its Imitations c13.s1.13

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In variety D (Pl. XI. 11-13), the king rides to right, holding bow in the left hand. Here the circular legend, which begins at VII, is ‘Prithivitaleśvarendraḥ Kumāragupto jayatyajitah,’ (Pl. XXII. 29); ‘Invincible Kumāragupta, a veritable Indra on the surface of the earth, conquers (the enemy).’ The metre is Upagīti. On the reverse of this type there is a symbol. The goddess has only three or four grapes in her hand and not a bunch or twig of them. It therefore became possible to accommodate the symbol in the upper left corner. In varieties C and D, the weight-standard of 127 grains is followed.