The Coinage of the Gupta Empire and its Imitations c8.s1.36

c8.s1.36

(3) Gold; .8"; weight not stated; *C.L.I.S.*, Pl. II. 1. *Obv:* King standing to l., wearing peaked cap, tailed and buttoned coat and trousers and holding a standard or spear in the l. hand and offering oblations by the r. on an altar in his front; trident in front of the king. Circular Greek legend in corrupt and illegible Greek script. Brāhmī legend; under l. arm, *mi*; *Shāka*, outside the spear written perpendicularly. *Rev:* Ardoksho seated on a high-backed throne, holding cornucopiæ in l. hand and noose in r.; symbol on l.; legend on r. in corrupt Greek script, ΑΡΔΟ... (Pl. I. 3.)