1884.] V. A. Smith.— Qold Coins of the Imperial Gnpta Dynasty, 171 
unfortunately the published translation of that inscription is not to be 
depended on. (/See Cunningham, Arch. Hep. V, p. 140, PI. XL.) 
CHANDRA GUPTA I. 
King and Queen Type. 
(/. A. 8. B. XXIV, p. 493, class B; Bev. Catal. class G.) 
Ohv. King, wearing tailed coat and close-fitting cap, standing to 1.^ 
facing queen, who looks to r. King’s 1. arm resting on spear^ 
his r. hand raised. 
Under kinsr’s 1. arm ^ 
^ ‘ Chandra Gupta or ^ 
Cl 3^ 
Chandra. 
Bev. 
Beferences 
and 
BemarJcs. 
Behind queen ‘ Kumari Devi Shi.’ 
Goddess, holding fillet in r. hand, and cornucopia in 1. arm, 
seated on couchant lion, which faces r., except in two coins. 
Legend in field to r., ‘ Lichchhavayah.’ Mon. 
Marsden MLVIII. B. M. brouglit from India by Lord Valentin© 
(Monntmorris) j mon. 5, wt. 115'3. 
Under king’s larms 
3T 
vj 
If 
‘ Cbandra Gupta.’ 
Condition inferior, and Queen’s name illegible. 
In Marsden’s text rev. lion erroneously describ¬ 
ed as ‘a throne’. 
P. E. Vol. I, p. 369, PI. XXIX, 15. Under king’s arms 
JT 
¥ 
‘ Chandra Gupta.’ Queen’s name illegible ; 
mon. 8d; wt. not stated. The coin figured 
was in Stacy collection, and a duplicate in Tre- 
gear’s. 
B. M., purchased from a dealer in 1878. Under king’s arm 
31 
‘ Chandra Gupta’ ; diameter 8 ; mon. 3a; wt. 
123‘8 ; condition very fine, and queen’s name 
plainly legible. (PL I fig. 2.) 
A. A. XVIII. 3 5 B. M., Swiney ; under king’s arm 
% 
Chandra' 
spear tipped with crescent; queen’s name 
mostly legible; diameter ’8; mon. 46 j wt. 
118-2. 
W. T. ; rev. lion facing 1.; mon. 226 ; wt. 113 ; bought at Benares. 
B. ; rev. lion to 1. ; king raises open hand in front of queen’s face. 
C. ; two specimens, viz., one obtained at Ghazipur, wt. 119 j and 
one obtained at Benares, wt. 119-5. 
Queen’s name and rev. legend read correctly for first time by Cun¬ 
ningham {Arch. Bep., Vol. I, Introd. p. xxxiv), who possesses three 
coins of this type, in two of which the legends are distinct. 
