The Coinage of the Gupta Empire and its Imitations c13.s9.11

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c13.s9.11

⁴ The breasts of the figure are prominent and Smith had thought that it might be a female. But *śakti* in the r. hand shows that it is intended to be Kārtikeya. On some coins, Kumāragupta's breasts are equally prominent; see **Pl. X. 5, 9**.

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