The Coinage of the Gupta Empire and its Imitations c9.s3.6

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Further stages of the Indianisation of the reverse motif can be seen on this type. In majority of cases the goddess holds a cornucopiæ in the l. hand and a noose in the right. But on some specimens, the cornucopiæ is supplanted by the lotus; see Pl. II. 15, III. 3-5. It is clear that the mint-masters had decided to represent her as Lakshmī; they supply also a lotus footstool for her.