The Age of the Imperial Guptas c10.17

c10.17

The Standard type of the gold currency of Samudragupta bears on the obverse “King standing *l.*, nimbate, wearing close-fitting cap, coat and trousers, ear-rings and necklace, holding in *l.* hand standard bound with fillet, dropping incense on altar with his *r.* hand; on *l.*, behind altar, is a standard bound with a fillet, surmounted by a Garuḍa facing. Beneath the king's arm Samudra or Samudra Gupta” in one or two lines. Surrounding the king's figure is the legend, *Samara-śata-vitata-vijayo jit=āri-pur=ājito divam jayati*.