The Coinage of the Gupta Empire and its Imitations c13.s1.48

c13.s1.48

² On some other coins also of this type in the Bayana hoard, a portion of the fold of the noose look like the neck of the peacock. If, however, we assume that this coin has a peacock on the reverse, it will belong to variety C of class II. But there the legend ends with *jayatyajitaḥ* and not with *gupto divaṃ jayati*, as on the present coin. The twig of the grape on that variety will have to be regarded as missing on this coin. On the whole it is best to assume that the fold of the noose looks here like the neck of a peacock partially visible.