The Coinage of the Gupta Empire and its Imitations c9.s4.39

c9.s4.39

(5) Gold; .8"; 115.² grains; *B. H.*, V. 1. *Obv*: Legend begins at IX but is off the flan on left. From XII, we have *juta dava ja*. Here the legend probably reads *(vi)jitya divam ja*. *Ju* is an engraver's mistake for *ji* and as there was no space for the subscript *ya* of *tya* owing to the bulge in the penon, the engraver has engraved only *t* instead of *tya*.¹ (Pl. III. 9.) *Rev*: Queen is rather short statured. Legend, *Aśvamedha-parākramaḥ*. (Not illustrated)