- SO 
1923.] Numismatic Supplement No. XXXVII. N. 83 
Reverse.—Goddess (Lakshmi-Ambika) seated, nimbate 
facing, on lion couchant to left, holding fillet in outstretched 
right hand and lotus with stalk in left. To left is a symbol 
ticiead. and to right Sinkavikramah. 
is specimen cannot be treated as Var. B of Allan’s 
Gupta Catalogue! because of the position of Chandra on the 
obverse, and the goddess holding lotus instead of cornucopia 
in the left arm on “the reverse. 
(2) Chandragupta II, Horseman type. Metal, A’. Weight, 
121 grains. Size, ‘85. Provenance, (Purchased at Lucknow). 
Plate IIT, 
Obverse.—King is riding on fully caparisoned horse to right. 
He wears waistcloth with sashes and jewellery Np lc 
armlets, etc.) and holds (?) a bow in right hand. A crescent 
appears behind the head. Portions of the legend Parambhi.- 
gavata Maharajadhiraja Sri Chandraguptah are clear. 
Reverse.—Goddess seated to left on wicker stool is sowing 
seed with her outstretched right hand, and in the other holds 
a lotus with a long stalk behind. To left is a symbol, and to 
right, the legend Ajitavikramah. 
is coin bears a close resemblance to Var. A of Allan’s 
Gupta Catalogue,? but the difference lies in the bow being so 
held in right hand, as if it were resting on the back of the horse, 
and in the goddess sowing seeds instead of holding a fillet. 
\7th November, 1922. Prayac DayYAbL. 
246. Two Mucuat Munars. 
1. Shah Ae) Il. 1176-4 R. _ Takano: 
mint. a coin agrees in mark, size, oe of the 
inscription and, above all, mint marks on both sides. They 
were both struck under the same ruler, viz the Nawab of 
eae bee Murshidabad and the other at Dacca (i.e. 
g ee Lu 
now en Catalogue, No. 5094 and 5095, of Murshidabad, 

' Cf. Allan, B.M.C., Coins of the deme p. 39, Plate ‘yur, 
2 Cf. Allan, = M.C., Coins of the Gupta Dynasties, p. 45, Plate IX, 
{4 and Plate X, 
