178 V. A. Smith— Gold Coins of the Imperial Gupta Dynasty. [No. 2, 
standard bearing device of crescent moon. Under king’s 1. 
arm ??, ‘ Samndra. In var. y, king is to r., and boy in r. field 
Marginal legend in vars. a and y, as “ obtained from several 
specimens, and determined by Major Bnsh’s coin,” is ‘SirJT^ 
“ King of kings, whose battle-axe is like that 
of Yama ” ; bnt in var. /5 legend is different. 
Dev. Throned goddess, facing front, with feet on lotns flower as 
footstool; fillet in r. hand, cornncopia in 1. arm. Legend 
‘ the battle-axe of Tama.’ Mon. 
Deferences 
and 
Demarks. 
P. E. XXIX, 11 
B 
B 
M., Thomas 
M., Bush ; 
Var. a; usual type, as described above. 
P. E. XXIII, 23 ; B. M., Prinsep ; obtained by Conolly at Kananj; 
above crescent standard a star ; on rev. an axe- 
head attached to back of throne ; mon. 6a; wt. 
116-7. 
one of two specimens obtained by Cunningham at 
Benares, Prinsep had a third similar; mon. 6a. 
nearly ; wt, not stated. 
no rev. battle-axe, throne indistinct; mon. as in 
P. E. XXIX, 11; wt. 117-0. 
rev. as in B. M. Thomas, but legend distinct; mon. 
6 a; wt. 123‘4, {Plate II, fig. 11.) 
no details stated, and the coin onay belong to 
another variety. 
A. C. ; 1 specimen, seemingly of this var., but no details stated. 
Var. 13, class 2 F of Rev. Catal. ; unique. 
B. M., Eden ; obv. legend on 1. margin and on r. margin 
; under arm ^ ‘ Kri ’ ; mon. 3a ; wt. 117‘7. 
{Plate II, fig. 12.) 
Var. 7 ; unique ; King to r. 
A. A. XVIII 10 ; from Swiney coll.; king to r., boy in r. field ; no 
rev. battle-axe ; mon. 3a ; wt. not stated. 
A. S. B. 
Thomas suggests that the miniature figure, which for convenience I 
call a boy, may be intended for the son of Samndra Gupta, alluded to 
in the Allahabad Pillar inscription, but the figure is probably only that of 
an attendant designed on a small scale in contrast with that of the divi¬ 
nized king. The ohv. crescent moon standard is found on rev. of Samu- 
dra’s Tiger type. In v. 13 of the Allahabad Pillar inscription the king 
is declared to be comparable with Dhanada (Kuvera), Varuna, Indra, 
and Antaka (Yama). These Boy and Battle-axe coins seem to express 
the comparison with Yama, as the Tiger coin perhaps expresses the 
comparison with Varuna. In the northern Bilsar inscription {Gunning- 
ham Arch. Dep. ATI, 20), Kumara Gupta is compared with the same four 
