The Coinage of the Gupta Empire and its Imitations c11.s8.20

c11.s8.20

It is not easy to determine the chronology of the different types of gold coins of Chandragupta II enumerated above. Archer type, class I, the Standard type and the Couch type were probably issued early in the reign as suggested by their reverse motif, showing the goddess as seated on throne and not on lotus. Chhatra type was perhaps a little later; it recalls the reverse of the Lyrist type of Samudragupta. The Archer type Class II, the Lion-slayer type and the Horseman type seem to have been issued throughout the reign. The king-and-the-Queen-on-the-Couch type is known from a solitary piece; its light weight and analogy to the Couch type would suggest that it was issued early in the reign like the latter. The chronology suggested here is purely tentative.