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



Skanda GUPTA. 



Class C. 1.— J. A. S. B. IV. XXXIX. 22. Vol. V. XXXVI. 17, 

 18. XXXVIII. 10 ? Marsden MLV. 

 Obverse, as in class, C. 2. 



Legends imperfect — under the arm < J 



'Reverse. Parvati seated cross-legged on lotus flowers. 



Legends on 22 and 17, s^xf^WJ Kramadityah. 



Ditto on 10 and 18, " 3 5f : |"^T^7nfP Sri Skanda Gupta. 



Class J. J. A. S. B. IV. XXXIX. 24. 



Obverse. King to the left of the field, holding a bow — the Pea- 

 cock standard occupies the centre and a female figure fills up the 

 space on the right. 



Legend, illegible. 



Reverse. Parvati on lotus, with flower and fillet. 



Legend. ^^T^^TTr — Sri Skanda Gupta. 



Mahendea Gupta. 



Class df. 2. J. A. S. B. IV. PL XXXIX. 30, Marsden MLIX. 



Obverse. — Horsemen as in class P, but without the lance. 



Legend * * ^iN" TJH. 



Reverse. — Pemale seated on a morha, feeding a peacock. 



Legend. — ^ff^TcT TTf ^ — Ajita Mahendra. 



Variants. J. A. S. B. XXXVIII. figs. 3, 4, 5, A. A. XVIII. 

 16, 70. 



Class P. 3. Unpublished. Preeling. 



Obverse. — Device as is usual in this class, with the exception that 

 the horseman is proceeding to the left instead of to the right. 



Legends undeciphered. 



Reverse. — Parvati with peacock. 



Legend— ^ff^fcT *T1[ ^. 



There is a gold coin in the Prinsep collection B. M. very similar 

 to the type of class C. which has the following letters thus 

 arranged under the left arm "J T The Reverse displays the usual 



* % 

 figure of Parvati with the remains of a Greek legend. 



