The Coinage of the Gupta Empire and its Imitations c9.s3.t2: Class II
The Coinage of the Gupta Empire and its Imitations c9.s3.t2
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Class II
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(King looking to r. and attendant to l.)¹
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¹ Only four specimens of this type are known; two of them are published here. The third is published in *A. A.*, Pl. XVIII. 10. and the fourth is in Jaipur treasury collection. (*J. N. S. I.*, Vol. VII, p. 48.)
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(7) Gold; .8"; grains; *A.S.I.A.R.*, 1926-7., Pl. XXIII. (b) *Obv:* King on left standing to r. with battle-axe in r. hand, left one resting on waist; dagger by his r. side; dwarf in his front, and the legend *Samudra*, blurred, between them. Circular legend, beginning at I, *Kṛitāntaparaśurjjayatya*, on the r. *rajajatajata*. *Rev:* Goddess holds a lotus in l. hand and a noose in the right; legend, *Kṛitāntaparaśu*. (Pl. II. 17.)
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(8) Gold; .8"; weight not known; *N. Ch.*; 1921, p. 321 Pl. IX. 1.² *Obv:* King as above, but he wears a necklace; the dwarf before him is a fully accoutred soldier apparently grasping the crescent banner; *Samudra* under l. arm is clear. Legend beginning at I; *Kṛitāntaparaśu*; on l. it is blurred and truncated. *Rev:* Goddess as above. (Pl. II. 16.)
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² The photograph is from a cast in the British Museum; the original coin belonged to the Swiney collection and is now lost. There is a coin of this type in the Punjab Museum also.