The Coinage of the Gupta Empire and its Imitations c9.s3.10

c9.s3.10

*Rev:* Goddess Lakshmi seated on throne holding noose in r. hand and a cornucopiæ or lotus bud in l. Her legs rest on a lotus. Sometimes the back of the throne is visible and sometimes not. Sometimes the entire throne is invisible being apparently covered by the lotus, and is to be inferred from the posture of the feet of the goddess. The idea may have been to represent the throne as lotus covered. Symbol on l., sometimes on r. also. Legend, *Kṛitāntaparaśuḥ*.