The Coinage of the Gupta Empire and its Imitations c13.s3.3
The Coinage of the Gupta Empire and its Imitations c13.s3.3
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c13.s3.3
The coins of this type can be divided into two classes, Lion-combatant and Lion-trampling. The Lion-retreating class, which we had seen in the Lion-slayer type of Chandragupta II, is absent in this reign; nor do we find the king attacking the beast with the sword, as Chandragupta II is shown to be doing on one specimen.