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The Coinage of the Gupta Empire and its Imitations c11.s3.2

The Coinage of the Gupta Empire and its Imitations c11.s3.2

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The coins of this type vary in size from .75" to .8". Vast majority of them are issued to the weight standard of 121 grains, but there are a few which weigh 124 and 127 grains also. Mirzapur, Jaunpur, Ayodhya and Bayana are among the recorded find places of this type. There are 12 coins of this type in the British Museum, 4 in the Ashmolean Museum, Oxford, 35 in the Indian Museum and 11 in the State Museum, Lucknow. The Bayana hoard contained 82 coins.