194 V, A. Smith— Gold Coins of the Imperial Gupta Dynasty. [Na. 2,' 
llev. Goddess seated, facing 1. on wicker stool (morha), with r. 
hand feeding peacock, and with 1. hand holding flower behind, 
her back. Legend ‘ the nnconqiiered Mahendra. 
No monogram. 
Meferences As'. Res, Vol. XVII, PI. I, 18. Ohv., legend-illegible, between horse’s 
and legs ‘ Kn ’ ? ; wt. not stated ; engraved “ from 
Memarh^s. a drawing of a coin said to belong to Mrs. White 
of Fatehgarh.” 
Freeling coll.; unpublished coin, briefly alluded to in Rev. Catal. j 
wt. not stated. 
No. 1 of Mahendra from Bharsar hoard; ohv. legend indistinct, but 
read by Kittoe as ‘ Mahendra Gupta ’ ; wt. 124. 
No. 2, ditto, ditto ; nearly identical with No. 1 but ‘Ku’ ? over 
horse’s headj and long ohv. legend, illegible; wt, 
124 (J. A. 8. B. XXI, 399.) 
B. M. No, 1; wt. 126 {Plate III, fig. 13.) 
„ >j 2; wt. 123'8. 
„ „ 3, Enniskillen; wt. 123’2. These B. M. coins read on 
obv., ... Cf. Hugh coin below. 
A-. S, B. No. 1 ; from Shaurpur in Midnapur District, Bengal; 
ohv. legend IWK 
according to Cunningham, who compared with 
three specimens in his own possession, the 
being written fcj. Dr. Hoemle reads fV 
Either 
reading means ‘ the victorious lord Kumara Gupta 
rules.’ The words ^^6 between the 
horse’s legs, and the word read or 
or is round the horse’s head 
and preceded by three letters, the last of which 
is distinctly of. {Proc. A. 8. B. August 1882, pp. 
111-114). Dr. Hoernle informs me that he now 
reads ... XPS? instead of XTW printed, 
and that the coin belongs to Horseman to Left 
type.* 
A. S. B ; No. 2 ; ajDparently similar, but no details stated. 
Hugh hoard; one specimen; ohv. legend as read by Dr.r 
Hoemle ; ‘ Gupta Kshapra maha ... ma ... tijita 
jayati ’ ; rev. ‘ Ajita Mahendra.’ 
A. C, ; 3 specimens, details not stated ; see above, 
KUMARA GUPTA MAHENDRA. 
Peacock Type. 
{Omitted loth in J. A. S. B. XXIV, and in Bev. Catal.) 
Ohv. King, bareheaded, with curly hair, standing to 1. with r, 
hand offering frnit to a peacock, which stands facing r. 
The published account does not state whether the horseman is to right or left. 
