The Coinage of the Gupta Empire and its Imitations c13.s3.36

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c13.s3.36

(6) Gold; .75"; 127.5 grains; *B.H.*, Pl. XXIX. 1. *Obv:* King to r., bare-bodied, wearing a head-dress and *jānghiā*, trampling upon and shooting at lion in front, which falls back from a leap. Legend from I, *Sākshādiva na*..., ....at VI, *ndra jayatyanaśam*, last letter being just near kings head. *Rev:* Goddess seated on lion couchant to r., holding noose in r. hand and lotus in l., which is treated as a cornucopiæ. Symbol on left. Legend, *Śrīmahendra-siṅha*. (Pl. XII. 7)

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