V". A. Slnith —Gold Coins of the Imperial Gupta Dynasty, 175 
1881] 
Refere^nces 
and 
Remarhs, 
B. M. Eden. 
SAMUDRA GUPTA. 
Lyrist Type. 
(/. A. 8. B. XXIV, 498, class D ; Rev. Oatal, class G.) 
Ohv. King, wearing close cap and tight drawers, to front, with 
head turned to 1. seated on high-hacked conch, over edge of 
which his feet are dangling. He is playing an Indian lyre 
{vino), which rests on his lap. 
On footstool # ‘ Se,’ as under horse in Aswamedha type. 
Marginal legend ^ ‘ the supreme 
king of kings, Samudra Gupta.’ 
Rev. Female figure, turned to 1. seated on Indian wicker stool 
(ynorhd), holding in r. hand fillet, and in 1. cornucopia. Be* 
tween figure and legend a vertical line or mace. 
Legend ‘ Samudra Gupta^.’ 
Mon. sometimes wanting*. 
O 
P. E. XXIII, 26. From Stacy coll.; no mon. ; wt. not stated; is 
probably the B. M. Prinsep coin, wt. 119'5, which 
is a fine broad, thin coin ; design in very low relief. 
A similar coin in fine condition in A. G. coll.; wt. 
117’4, procured in Ondh. 
Broad coin, in good condition as last; on 6hv. king’s 
name is written Sarmndra ’ ; no mon.; wt. 
111. (Plate II, fig. 7.) There is also a specimen of D 
this variety in A. S. B. ; wt. not stated. 
Coin of smaller diameter, and thicker ; ohv. legend 
imperfect ; rev. legend as usual; mon. 11; wt. yL, 
120-7. (Plate II, fig. 8.) 
As. Res. XVII, PL I, 19. From a drawing of a coin said to belong to 
Mrs. White of Fatehgarh ; seems to be a duplicate 
of P. E. XXIII, 26 ; no mon. ; wt. not stated. Wilson 
mistook the lyre for a pillow. 
of Samudra from Bharsar hoard ; ohv. legend mostly illegible ; 
“ a fine specimen and in high relief mon. 8a ; 
wt. 122. (J. A. 8. B. XXI, pp. 892, 396, and Plate 
XII, 5. The description is not quite accurate, and 
the engraving is very had.) 
; 3 specimens, no details stated. 
1 specimen from pargana Nawabganj in Gonda district 
opposite Ayodhya. 
SAMUDRA GUPTA. 
Aswamedha Type. 
(/. A. 8. B. XXIV, 498, class D; Rev. Catal., class I.) 
Ohv. Horse, standing to 1. unattended, occupying most of field. 
In front of horse an altar, from top of which springs a bent pole, 
I. O. 
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A. 
H. 
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