492 On the Coins of the Gupta Dynasty. [No. 6. 



Chandra Gtjpta 1st. 



Class a. 1. J. A. S. B, V. XXXVIII. 7, A. A. XVIII. 1. 



No. 1, (Freeling) weight 121 grains. 



Obverse. The King standing erect, his left hand rests upon his 

 Xhanda, or straight sword, while his right is advanced in the act of 

 casting incense on the usual miniature Scythic altar. A Ckattah, the 

 Indian emblem of sovereignty, overshadows his head. The attendant 

 introduced below his left arm grasps the staff of the umbrella. 



Legend. ^ ? ^ ? mfK^ ^T^TH^fw^ 1TTO 



Mr. Hall proposes to read 



Vikramaditya, having conquered the earth in battle." 



Reverse. Female figure, similar to that in Class A. with the ex- 

 ception that the left hand holds the flower, while the right extends 

 a regal fillet. Monogram No. 159, A. A. 



Legend. f^jTTrft^T 1 Vikramaditya, No 2, wt. 121 gr. 



Variant. A second coin, also in the possession of Mr. Freeling, 

 contributes the concluding portion of the obverse legend inserted 

 above. 



The Eeverse device, though identical in character with that of 

 No. 1, offers a modification in the attitude of the figure, which is 

 here exhibited in full front view, and draped with the transparent 

 garments of Mao and others of the Kadphises group (J. A. S. B. 

 IV. XXXVIII. 10.) Though otherwise it is far more Indian in its 

 treatment than the copy from Greco-Scythic models to be found on 

 the other coin. The monogram also differs from that in coin 1, and 

 assimilates to those found on Ghatot Kacha pieces, (J. A. S. B. V. 

 XXXIV. fig. 12.) except that it has the second cross-bar as in 

 No. 160, A. A. The Vikramaditya has but one ^r instead of the 

 double letter "^ in No. 1. 



These coins are attributed by Major Cunningham to Chandra 

 Gupta the Ilnd ; but on typical grounds alone, they must clearly be 

 assigned to the first prince of that name ; and I further draw the 



