The Coinage of the Gupta Empire and its Imitations c7.s1.16

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In the Bayana hoard, out of 983 coins of Chandragupta II, as many as 798 were of this type. In the earlier issues of this type the Goddess was shown as seated on a high-backed throne (Pl. IV. 6-12), as on the later Kushāṇa coins. But soon she was converted into a lotus-seated Lakshmī (Pl. IV. 13-15; V). Great pains were taken to introduce a pleasing variety both on the obverse and reverse of this popular type, to which we have referred already.