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Heferences 
and 
^Remarks. 
Variettj a. Rev. goddess with fillet, and floiver; no mon. 
P. E. XXXj 6 ; from Tregear coll.; king kelmeted; no nimbus ; 
crescent behind his head ; wt. not stated. 
B. M. Prinsep, Xo. 1 ; obtained by Bacon at Kanauj ; king seems 
to have no helmet, but has curly hair, with a 
sort of nimbus behind ; crescent also behind his 
head ; wt. 119’7. {Plate III. fig. 4.) 
B. M. Prinsep, No. 2 ; resembles No. 1, but find-spot not stated j 
wt. 118'6. 
A. C. ; 1 specimen, seemingly of this var., but no details stated ; 
the coin may be a Horseman to Left piece. 
Variety ^ ; Rev. goddess with fillet, and hird-headed sceptre ; mon. 
A. A. XVIII, 17 ; Obv. king wears peculiar helmet (“ rayed turban,” 
Wilson) ; no nimbus, no crescent; legend 
‘parama [Chajndra Gupta.’ Rev. as in 
• P. E. XXX, 6, except that goddess holds bird¬ 
headed sceptre in 1. hand ; mon. 12, not No. 160 
of Wilson = (4b) as stated in text ; between mon. 
and goddess’ hand is a crescent, C ; wt. not stated. 
This coin is cited by Thomas {Rev. Gatal. and- 
Records, p. 23 note) as a variety of his class J a of 
Mahendra Gupta, but is plainly a Lancer coin of 
Chandra Gupta. 
B. ; one fine specimen appears to belong to either variety of the 
type, but details not stated. 
/K 
CHANDRA GUPTA II. 
Hoeseman to Left Type. 
(Not included in J. A. S. B. XNIV catal.; nor in Rev. Gatal.) 
Ohv. Horseman proceeding to 1. king’s head apparently bare, with 
curly hair, no nimbus ; distinct legend 
‘ S'ri Chandra Gupta paramabhattaraka.’ 
Bev. Goddess to 1. seated on Indian wicker stool {morhd), hold¬ 
ing fillet in r., and lotus flower in 1. hand j legend distinct, 
‘ ajita Vikrama ’ ; no mon. 
B eferences No. 6 of Chandra Gupta from Bharsar hoard ; “ a very perfect speci- 
and men,” legends complete; wt. 122 {J. A. 8. B. 
Bemarks. XXI, 395 ; PI. XII, 4.) 
No. 3 of Mahendra (?) ditto ; ohv. legend incomplete, and not deci¬ 
phered ; rev. legend ‘ ajita ’. This coin 
evidently should be assigned to Chandra Gupta ; 
in the Horseman to Left coins of Kumara Gupta 
Mahendra the rev. goddess is feeding a peacock. 
Wt. 124. {J. A. S. B. XXI, 399.) 
W. T. ; ohv. legend not read ; rev. legend and device as in J. A. 8. B. 
XXI, PI. XII, 4 ; wt. 122. 
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