The Coinage of the Gupta Empire and its Imitations c9.s4.20

c9.s4.20

The obverse legend on this type had been read by Mr. Allan as *Rājādhirājaḥ pṛthivīmavitvā divaṃ jayatyaprativāryavīryaḥ*.³ The concluding letters however were not distinct on any specimen published by him. In 1914 a new coin was discovered, on which Dr. Venis detected the traces of the letters *ta, va, ja, ma* and *dha* at the end; he therefore restored the legend in its concluding portion as *divaṃ jayatyāhṛtavājimedhaḥ*.⁴ Several specimens are now discovered in the Bayana hoard where the concluding word *vājimedhaḥ* is absolutely clear (Pl. III. 6.). We must therefore hold that the legend ends with *divaṃ jayatyāhṛtavājimedhaḥ*.