The Coinage of the Gupta Empire and its Imitations c11.s3.15

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² A Horseman type coin in the Bodleian collection with the legend *Kramajita* (for *Kramāditya*, *N.Ch.* 1891, Pl. II. 6) was attributed to Chandragupta II by Smith (*J.R.A.S.*, 1889, 86). The circular legend on the obverse seems to have begun with *Paramabhāgavata* and so this circumstance would support the view that the coin was issued by Chandragupta II. But the legend is indistinct on the left and king’s name cannot be made out. *Kramāditya*, the legend on the reverse, was not used as his epithet by Chandragupta II and the heavy weight of the coin, 140. 5 grains would suggest that it was an issue of Skandagupta, who had adopted the *biruda* of *Kramāditya* and whose legend on silver issues often begins with *Paramabhāgavata*. This coin has been reproduced in this book on Pl. XIV. 15.