172 V. A. Smith— Gold Goins of the Imperial Oiipta Dynasty. [No. 2,. 
The attribution of this type is certain, because we know from the 
Bhitari and Bilsar Pillar inscriptions that Kumari Devi was the queen of 
Chandra Gupta I, whereas the consort of Chandra Gupta II was named 
ya Diiruva Devi. No other type of the coinage of Chandra Gupta I, is 
known. The Swordsman and Umbrella coins are sometimes attributed 
to him, but should, almost certainly, be assigned to Chandra Gupta II. 
The late Sir E. C. Bayley possessed two coins of Indo-Scythian style, 
which, in his opinion, may possibly have been struck by Chandra Gupta I 
(wt. I20‘3, and II8‘3). The name under the king’s arm is doubtfully 
read as ‘ Chandra.’ 
The B. M. collection contains two coins, which are nearly, though 
not quite, identical with Sir E. C. Bay ley’s. The B. M. coins have a 
legend behind the spear, which is wanting in the others. I give a figure 
N# of one of the B. M. specimens, wt. II9’2 (PZ. IV, fig. 6) to illustrate 
■ the style, and for comparison with the undoubted Gupta series. Mr. 
Thomas reads the name under the king’s arm on the coin figured as 
either ‘ Chandra ’ or ‘ Bhadri,’ and the legend behind the spear as 
‘ Shandhi,’ a Scythian tribal name. (^Gf. Indo-Scythian Goins with Hindi 
Legends, Nos. 10 and II^ Sir E. C. Bayley concurred with Mr. Thomas in 
classing this piece as Indo-Scythian, and believed that it was minted by 
one of the Indo-Scythian princes in the Punjab, contemporary with the 
earlier Gupta kings. The specimens in Sir E. C. Bayley’s cabinet, above 
referred to, resemble the coin figured so closely in style, in spite of the 
want of legend behind the spear, that I do not think they can be attri¬ 
buted to Chandra Gupta I. They seem to me to belong to the same 
class as the ‘ Shandhi ’ coin. 
SAMUDRA GUPTA. 
Javelin Type. 
(J. A. S. B. XXIV, pp. 493-495, class G; Bev. Gatal., D, 2 D, and 3 D.) 
Ohv. King standing, generally to 1., dressed nearly same as king 
in coins of Ghatot Kacha, casting incense with r. hand on small 
altar in 1. field, and leaning with 1. arm on spear or javelin ; 
behind r. arm the bird standard. 
31 
\3 
Samudra 
Under 1. arm 33 ‘ Samudra or in var. 4, 
sf 
Gupta.’ In var. 2, king to r., mth javelin in r. hand, name 
under r. arm. Legend (as restored by Thomas, but in parts 
doubtful) '3i_, which, when corrected 
into grammatical Sanskrit, is rendered ‘ Overcoming hostile 
kings in triumphant victory (over those) opposing in a hun¬ 
dred battles.’ This legend follows margin, except in var. 3. 
