The Coinage of the Gupta Empire and its Imitations c9.s1.t3: Class III
The Coinage of the Gupta Empire and its Imitations c9.s1.t3
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Class III
c9.s1.t3.1
(Issued by a Kushāṇa feudatory ?)
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(13) Pale gold; size, .8"; weight, not recorded; *C.L.I.S.*, Pl. II. 11.
c9.s1.t3.3
*Obv:* King, nimbate, with crude features, standing to l., wearing Kushāṇa coat and a flat hat surmounted by a circle with a dot flanked by two wing-like objects. The king holds standard in l. hand and offers incense over an altar by r. Behind r. hand, a trident. Under l. arm, *Samudra* written perpendicularly. Outside the spear another perpendicular legend read as *Gaḍahara* by Cunningham; this reading is, however, uncertain. To the l., near the king's right foot, *pa* or *pu*.
c9.s1.t3.4
*Rev:* Goddess seated on high-backed throne. No legend.
c9.s1.t3.5
(Pl. II: 11.)
c9.s1.t3.6
A non-existing variety of the Standard type.
c9.s1.t3.7
(Showing king standing to r.)
c9.s1.t3.8
(14) Gold; .8'; weight not recorded; *Asiatic Researches*, XVII. Pl. 1, 5.
c9.s1.t3.9
*Obv:* King standing to the r., holding standard in r. hand and offering oblations by left hand over an altar in his front. Garuḍa standard on r. (instead of l.); *Samudra* under r. arm (and not l.). Inverted letters of the legend on l.
c9.s1.t3.10
*Rev:* Goddess seated on throne holding cornucopiæ in right hand and noose in left. Symbol on right (and not on left). Legend on left (and not on right) *Parākramaḥ* in inverted letters.
c9.s1.t3.11
It is obvious that this variety was postulated wrongly owing to the failure to notice that the drawing of the coin was from the negative side.