The Coinage of the Gupta Empire and its Imitations c8.s1.1

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*Obv:* Chandragupta, usually nimbate, standing to left, wearing trousers, head-dress,—in some cases with pearl-border,—and a close-fitting tailed coat. He wears ear-rings, armlets and necklace and holds in left hand a crescent-topped standard adorned with fillets. With his right hand he is offering a present to Kumāradevī, usually but not always nimbate, who stands facing him to right, wearing a *sāri*, an upper garment, a close-fitting head-dress, in some cases pearl-bordered, a necklace, earrings, and armlets. Her right hand is on waist and the left is hanging down. There is a crescent between the king and the queen on some coins.