1855.] On the Coins of the Gupta Dynasty. 501 



Variety No. 4. Col. Stacy. Wt. 126 gr. 



Obverse. Device as usual. The name of ^RT^ITR occupies the 

 left margin. There is no name or initial under the arm. 



Class G. Type. J. A. S. B. V. XXXVIII. 1. 



(Unpublished coin of Col. Stacy's Cabinet.)* 



Obverse. King facing to the right, armed with a bow, shooting 

 a lion. 



Legend. ^ fc^THf HT^C [jJTTOftfV] #1" *?f ^ 



Kumara Gupta, of might like a lion's most prosperous [Mr. Hall.] 



Reverse. Parvati seated on a lion, her right hand extends the 

 fillet, the left, which rests upon her knee, holds a flower. 



Legend. ^fl-fiT^^ — Sinha Mahendra. 



Variety No. 1. J. A. S. V. XXXVIII. 8. 



Obverse. Legend # if TH?^" 51^" # # ^ * # 



Reverse. Legend Tf%^" ftfur 



Class H. 1. J. A. S. B. IV. PI. XXXIX. fig. 25. 



Obverse. The King facing to the left, armed with bow and arrow, 

 attacking a lion. 



Legend. ^TCTSTTftTCT^r ^ff * * # 



Reverse. Parvati with fillet and flower — seated on a lion. 



Legend ^f)"^jf f^sR??: Sri Sinha Vikramah. 



Class a. 2. J. A. S. B. V. XXXVIII. 1, 2. 



Obverse, as above, class G. 



Legend — ? 



Reverse, as above, class G. 



Legend, f^f^R": 



Class I. J. A. S. B. IV. XXXIX. 28. 



Obverse. Erect figure of the King, who has just discharged his 

 arrow at a lion. 



Legend " Sri bal parakrama" [Prinsep IV. 637.] 



Reverse. Standing female, with flower in the left hand, the right 

 is extended to a Peacock. 



Legend. gTTTK^TT * * * Kumara Gupta # * 



* This coin — in weight 126 grains — is also a cast from a genuine original* 



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