The Coinage of the Gupta Empire and its Imitations c9.s5.14

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c9.s5.14

*Obv*: King standing to l. wearing a turban, short jacket and a close-fitting *dhoti*; necklace, earrings and armlets on his person; he tramples on a tiger attacking him, which falls back as he shoots it with bow in r. hand, l. hand stretching the bow-string to the ear; on l. behind the tiger, crescent-topped standard adorned with fillet as on the Battle-axe type. Circular legend, *Vyāghraparākramaḥ*, ‘Valiant like a tiger.’

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