170 V. A. Smith — History and Coinage of the Gupta Period. [No. 4, 
This coin is in good condition. In my description of the obverse of 
the type ( Coinage, p. 110) the remark that the bird, or Garuda, stand¬ 
ard is furnished “ with pennons ” is erroneous ; there are no pennons 
either on the Kanauj or the Bhitarl coin. The Bhitar! coin shows 
no trace of any obverse marginal legend, but has distinct remains 
of names over each figure. The name 5P Skanda is placed ver¬ 
tically between the king’s head and the Garuda; the first letter^ s 
being deficient. The queen’s name is, unluckily, illegible. It is placed 
over the queen’s head, and the letters fsRTT priyd may be doubtfully 
read as the concluding element of the name. This defect is unfortunate, 
because the name of Skanda Gupta’s queen is not recorded in any of 
the known inscriptions. The discovery of this Bhitarl specimen makes 
it certain that the type is rightly named the King and Queen type. The 
queen on this coin holds behind her back a long stem, probably that 
of a lotus flower. The reverse legend Qri Skanda Guptafy 
is distinct. The monogram is indistinct. Mr. D. Ernst possesses a 
fourth specimen, not quite so good as mine. 
pAgAjjKA (Narendra Gupta.) 
Bull Type. — (Observations, p. 147.) 
Only two specimens of this type are described in Observations , and 
the paucity of specimens at my command led me into some errors of 
description. By the kindness of Dr. Hoernle I have been enabled to 
inspect several examples in the cabinet of the Asiatic Society of Bengal, 
and to correct the errors and supply the omissions in the descriptions 
published by Cunningham and myself. 
The amended technical description is as follows : — 
Obv. — King, facing front, mounted on recumbent bull, which is 
to 1. ; king’s r. hand, or elbow, resting on bull’s hump ; his 1. hand 
raised. Disk (moon) over bull’s head. Marginal legend on r., im¬ 
perfect, ^ Crl Ca\_gdrjka]. Below bull two characters, which vary. 
Rev. — Laksmi on lotus seat, in debased style, though the legs are 
separate, and not combined into a bar, as in the debased Gupta coins. 
Her r. hand is extended, her 1. arm grasps a stalked lotus bud. On 
each side, in upper field, a minute elephant, sprinkling the goddess. 
Legend on r. margin, ^ Crl C igdrjka. No mon. 
The coins are of coarse, thick fabric, and very rude execution. 
Some specimens have large dots round the margins. The gold is 
extremely impure, and according to Cunningham’s analysis ( Coins of 
Med. India, p. 16), contains 58 p. c. of alloy. The proportion of alloy 
