192 V, A. Smith —Gold Coins of the Imperial Gupta Dynasty. [No. 2, 
head; sometimes a character, apparently ‘ vi,’ between 
horse’s legs; marginal legend, various, as detailed below, 
and generally imperfect. 
Dev. Female seated to 1,, on Indian wicker stool (morha) and (a) 
holding fillet in r. hand, and lotus-flower in 1., behind her 
back ; (/8) holding in r. hand, a lotus-flower, springing from 
a curious undefined object, her left hand resting empty on 
hip ; (y) offering fruit to a peacock with r. hand, and hold¬ 
ing lotus-flower in 1. 
Legend always ‘ the unconquered Mahendra.’’ 
Monogram generally wanting. 
Deferences Var. a; Reverse goddess sitting upright, holding fillet and fiower. 
from Lt. Burf^s coll. ; obscure character, perhaps 
meaning ‘ S'ri ’ over horse’s head ; traces of let¬ 
ter between horse’s legs; ohv. legend illegible ; 
wt. not stated. 
as above coin; on r. ohv. margin ... ... 
‘ta vi,’ legible ; wt. not stated, 
closely resembles P. E. XXIII, 26, but, as Thomas 
points out (Records, p. 23 note) the ohv. marginal 
legend ends with ... ‘Gupta of 
divine origin,^ or ‘ the son of Deva ’ ; a character 
over horse’s head ; wt. not stated, ‘ Deva ’ was 
a title of Chandra Gupta II. A. A. XVIII, 17 
cited by Thomas fut supra) as a variant, is really 
a Lancer coin of Chandra Gupta II, q. v. 
Xo. 5 of Kumara from Bharsar hoard ; fillet not visible, coin being 
“ much worn ” ; a character over horse’s head ; 
wt. 124‘5 ; a duplicate weighed 125. (J. A. S. B. 
XXI, pp. 398, 400 ; Plate XII, 8.) 
Hugh hoard ; one specimen ; ohv. legend, as read by Dr. Hoernle , 
‘ Parama bhagavata ... dhi raja Guptahrev. 
‘ Ajita Mahendra ’ ; mon. 86 . Cf. var. y. 
Variety j8 ; Reverse goddess, sto'oping, holding in r. hand an openfiowery 
sfallc of which springs from an unlcnown object; 
her 1. hand rests on hip. 
P. E. XXX, 3; ohv. legend ^ ’ST] ... ?f ; 
‘ ajita pu [or pra] ... ta vikra[ma] ’ ; from Tre- 
gear colL ; wt. not stated. 
E. C. B.; ohv. legend illegible; horseman seems to wear 
armour ; wt. 126‘5. 
Variety y ; Reverse goddess feeding peacoch with right hand, holding 
lotus-fiower with left. 
P. E. XXIII, 30 ; B. M. ; ohv. legend ... rf JITf ^-iid 8 or 9 
letters, ‘ [aji]ta Mahendra Gupta .’; between 
horse’s legs ‘ vi ’; given to Prinsep by Miss 
Watson ; wt. 124'5; worn. 
and P. B. XXIII, 29 ; 
Demarks. 
P, E. XXX, 4; 
A. A. XVIII, 16 ; 
