The Coinage of the Gupta Empire and its Imitations c16.s8.13

c16.s8.13

(1) Gold; .8”; 145.8 grains; *I.M.C.*, I, Pl. XVI. 10. *Obv:* King to r. on horseback wearing cap, stooping down to attack with sword in r. hand, a lion, which leaps at him; lion only half on the flan; bow behind the king’s body with string over r. shoulder; Garuḍa standard above the horse’s head on the right, faintly visible on this coin. Circular legend, ...[*vijitya*] *vasudhām divam jayati*; ‘Having conquered the earth, he wins the heaven.’ Under the horse, *ru*. *Rev:* Lakshmī, nimbate, seated, facing on lotus, holding noose in r. hand and lotus in l. resting on l. knee. Symbol on l.; it is a peculiar one and occurs on the coins of no other ruler. Legend, *Śrī-Prakāśādityaḥ*. (Pl. XV. 14)