1884.] V. A. Smitli —Gold Coins of the Imperial Gnpta Dynasty. 187 
The same character, in the same position before the king’s face, is 
fonnd in Knmara Gupta’s Archer type, class 1, var. /3 ; its meaning is 
not known. 
CHANDRA GUPTA II. 
Reteeating Lion Type. 
(/. A. 8. D. -AXJF, 501, class S, 1 ; Dev. Catal., class L.) 
Ohv. King standing to front, head turned to 1. wearing tight 
waistcloth, armlets, large earrings, and necklace ; hair braid¬ 
ed or curled, perhaps covered by a close cap. He holds in 
r. hand bow, and in 1. an arrow pointed downwards, having 
just discharged arrow at retreating lion, which occupies 1. 
margin, and in whose snout the arrow-head is sticking. 
Legend on r. margin ‘ Maharajadhiraja Sri.’ 
Dev. Goddess (Durga ?) seated on couchant lion, which faces 1.; 
in her r. hand fillet, and in 1. which rests on her hip, a lotus- 
flower. Her r. leg is tucked up under her, the 1. hangs down 
behind the lion’s rump. Legend ^ lioii 
champion’; vertical line between device and legend. Mon. 
Unique coin ; P. E. XXII, 25, and Yol. I. pp. 27 and 280 ; Eecords. 
p. 22 and Autotype PI. fig. 8 ; in B. M. ; ob¬ 
tained at Kanauj by Lieut. Oonolly; mon. 4c; 
wt. 123. A broad coin of artistic design, and 
spirited execution. (Plate III, fig. 7.) For discus- X 
sion of question of attribution see remarks under 
Lion-Trampler type of Chandra Gupta II. 
CHANDRA GUPTA II. 
SWOEDSMAN AND UmBEELLA TtPE. 
(J. A. 8. B. XXIV, 492, class A 1; Dev. Catal., classes B and 2 B.) 
Ohv. King standing, facing 1., bareheaded, with long curly hair, 
with 1. hand resting on short sword (khanda), and with r. 
hand casting incense on small altar, which is, however, 
sometimes wanting. Beside king’s 1. arm a miniature figure 
holding handle of state-umbrella, which shades the king. 
Marginal legend, restored from comparison of specimens, 
‘ Vikramaditya, having con¬ 
quered the earth, prospers.’ 
Dev. Standing female figure (? Victory, Wilson), either full 
front, or facing 1. with fillet in r. hand, and sometimes a 
flower in 1. : her dress slightly varies in different coins. 
Deferences 
and 
Demarks. 
