184 V. A. Smith —Gold Coins of the Imperial Gupta Dynasty. [No, 2, 
CHANDRA GUPTA II. 
Lion-Trampler Type. 
(/. A. S. B. iXXIV, p. 501, class G 2; Rev. Catal., class II h.) 
Ohv. King, wearing waistcloth, standing in energetic attitude^ 
shooting in month a lion, which, in vars. a, 8 , is falling 
backwards with the king’s 1. foot on its belly. In var. y, 
the lion is standing with the king’s 1 . foot on its back. 
In vars. a, /3, y, king is tnrned to r., with bow in 1. hand, but 
in var. 8 , he faces 1 ., with bow in r. hand. 
Legend not deciphered, but, in var. 8 , it inclndes the words 
‘ Vikrama ... Gupta.’ 
Rev. Goddess, seated cross-legged, facing front, on couchant lion, 
which faces 1 ., holding fillet in r., and lotus-flower in 1 . hand ; 
but, in var. (3, she sits astride, holding lotus-flower in r., while 
1 . hand is empty. 
Legend in all var., ‘ the lion-champion.’ Mon. 
generally, except in var. / 8 . 
References 
and 
Remarks. 
Var. a; Icing to r., how in 1. hand, trampling on lion’s belly ; rev. god¬ 
dess cross-legged, facing front. 
P. E. XXX, 1 ; mon. 8a ; wt. not stated ; from Tregear coll. 
No. 3 of Tod’s 4tli series ; mon. 8h ; wt. not stated. (Trans. B. A. 
8. I., PI. XII). 
A. A. XYIII, 5 = B. M., Swiney 5; mon. 10c; wt. 115’4; erro¬ 
neously described by Wilson. (Plate III, fig. 5.) 
W. T. ; mon. 7h ; wt. 122. 
A. C. ; 2 specimens, “ king killing lion,” but no details stated, and 
tbe coins may not belong to tbis var. 
B. ; one specimen, belonging either to this variety, or to P, or 7 ; 
details not stated. 
Var. )8 ; ohv. as in a; rev. goddess astride on lion, with lotus-floiver 
in r. hand, 1. hand empty. 
no mon.; wt. 118'2 ; worn. 
Icing to r. with foot on haclc of lion, which stands 
with head tnrned round. 
mon. lot ; wt. not stated; fillet on rev. not 
visible ; design spirited, and well executed ; from 
Tregear collection. 
Icing to 1., with how in r. hand, trampling with r. 
foot on lion’s belly. 
mon. 4c; wt. not stated; ohv. legend, as en¬ 
graved, and as read by Prinsep, «TO«f W 
JITT* ‘ Yikrama narana ma Gupta,’ but there must 
be some error. Erroneously described by Prin¬ 
sep as a “ sorry duplicate ” of P. E. XXIII, 25 
(Retreating Lion type), which is a very different 
coin. From Stacy collection. 
E. C. B ; 
Var. 7 ; 
P. E. XXX, 2 
Var. 8. ; 
P. E. XXIII, 27 ; 
