The Coinage of the Gupta Empire and its Imitations c11.s6.1

c11.s6.1

This type is so far known from a unique coin purchased by Mr. Boeys at Badauli, about 25 miles from Ayodhya. As it was bought not from a dealer but from a common man at a little above its bullion value, it cannot be suspected to be a modern forgery. Its execution is somewhat coarse, but that is the case also with some of the genuine coins of Chandragupta II. This coin is at present in the collection of Mr. D. C. Hamilton¹ of Messrs. Killick Nixon and Co., but I could not procure it or its fresh photograph for examination; the coin is in a bank in India, while Mr. Hamilton is in Pakistan.