The Coinage of the Gupta Empire and its Imitations c13.s1.3

c13.s1.3

In Class I variety A (Pl. X. 11-12) the obverse legend is ‘Pṛthivītālambaraśaśi Kumāragupto jayatyajitaḥ’¹ (Pl. XXI. 23) ‘Invincible Kumāragupta, who is as it were the moon in the sky in the form of the earth's surface, is victorious'. The metre is Upagīti. The horse shows a uniform saddle-ornamentation consisting of circular stars on the haunch and the neck; the king bears no weapons. On the reverse the goddess is seated to left on a wicker-stool holding a flower in right hand, which displaces the symbol. The left hand rests empty on the waist.