The Coinage of the Gupta Empire and its Imitations c9.s4.4

c9.s4.4

The obverse design of the Aśvamedha type shows the sacrificial horse standing before a decorated *yūpa* (sacrificial post) enclosed within a platform; a penon is flying over it from the top of the *yūpa*. The reverse shows the crowned queen standing on a circular pearl-bordered mat,² with *chouri* in r. hand and towel in l. There is a spear-like object in her front.