1884.] V. A. Smitli —Gold Coins of the Imperial Gupta Dynasty. 181 
B. M., Prinsep ; 
mon. 3b ; wt. 121*7. 
T. 
mon. 8b ; wt. 126*3. 
B. M., 
Yeames 4 ; 
mon. 8b ; wt. 124*7. 
» 5 ; 
mon. lb ; wt. 119*2. 
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„ 6 ; 
mon. 10a; wt. 121*8. 
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Eden ; 
mon. 7a j wt. 124*3 ; two ^s in rev. legend ; a fine 
specimen. {PI. Ill, jig. 1.) 
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Swiney ; 
mon. 10b ; wt. 124*6 ; two Ics ; fine condition. 
I. 0. 
No. 3 ; 
mon. 24 ; wt. 125*5. 
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» 4 ; 
mon. 3b ; wt. 123 ; two Jcs ; fine condition ; is 
probably the coin figured in A. A. XVIII, 4. 
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» 5 ; 
mon. 24 ; wt. 127*6 ; two ha. 
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6 ; 
mon. 8a ; wt. 119*7 ; ditto. 
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» 1 ; 
mon. I7a ; wt. 126*5 ; ditto. 
W. T. ; mon. imperfect; wt. 120. 
A. S. B. ; 8 specimens ; mon. of all seems to be 8b ; wts. not stated. 
In 3 coins the 1. band of rev. goddess is described 
as being upraised, and in 5 coins as resting on her 
hip ; probably the lotus-flower is obliterated. A 
ninth specimen is said to be of base metal, and is 
probably one of the barbarous coins. 
A. C. ; 5 specimens, seemingly of this var., no details stated. 
Hugli hoard; 4 coins seem to belong to this variety ; of three the 
mon. is 19b, and of one, 19a; wts. not stated. 
Coin from Eewa treasury; apparently of this variety, with two S:s. 
{Proc. A. S. B. Aug. 1880.) 
H. ; 1 specimen, from ancient mound in Barabanki district. 
C. ; from Ghazipur ; wt. 118'60. 
This variety of Chandra Gupta’s coinage is the commonest of all the 
Gupta gold coins, and was the model followed by the princes who imita¬ 
ted the Gupta style after the fall of the imperial dynasty. The abun¬ 
dance and variety of the coins of Chandra Gupta II prove that his reign 
was a long one. 
Far. $; as var. a, hut with wheel {or sometimes another object) over 
hinges r. shoulder; weight heavier. 
Bharsar hoard, No. 2 of Chandra Gupta; mon. 15 ; wt. 130; a 
duplicate weighed same. (J. A. S. B. XXI, 
p. 894, PI. XII. 1.) 
1. 0., 
No. 
9; 
mon. 18 ; wt. 132*5 ; {Plate III, jig, 
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10; 
mon. I7b ; wt. 132*5. 
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11 ; 
mon. 8a ; 126*6; worn. 
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12; 
mon. 8b ; wt. 126*7; ditto. 
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13 ; 
mon. 8a ; wt. 129*5 ; ditto. 
A. G. ; uncertain object instead of wheel; mon. cut away; wt. 
130*4 ; h in rev. legend seems doable ; oval and 
rather rude coin j from Oudh. 
