The Coinage of the Gupta Empire and its Imitations c13.18

c13.18

Kumārgupta II, great grandson of Kumārgupta I, also issued coins of the Archer type, which were once assigned to Kumārgupta I by Smith.² He, however, later on changed his views and assigned them to Kumāragupta II.¹ It is no doubt true that the coins of Kumāragupta II have also *Ku* under the left arm as those of Kumāragupta I; they also have a legend similar to that on classes I and IV of Kumāragupta I, viz. *Mahārājādhirāja-śrī-Kumāraguptaḥ* (Pl. XXI. 19). But their weight standard is that of 144 grains, which had not been adopted by Kumāragupta I. The reverse legend is also not *Mahendra* but *Kramāditya*. There can be no doubt that the Archer type with *Kramāditya* on the reverse was issued by Kumāragupta II and not by his great grand-father.