The Coinage of the Gupta Empire and its Imitations c9.s5.19

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(1) Gold; .8"; 119 grains; *B. H.*, VI. 10. *Obv:* The figure of the king is graceful and he is trampling the tiger on its tail. Legend is truncated, traces of *vyāghra* and *ra* are however visible on r. The tiger is shown as collapsing. The coin is a much better preserved specimen than *B. M. C., G. D.*, Pl. II. 15. *Rev:* Legend, *Vyāghraparākramaḥ*. (Pl. III. 13.)

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