The Coinage of the Gupta Empire and its Imitations c13.s4.3

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c13.s4.3

The reverse legend is an adaptation from and an improvement over that of Samudragupta. It reads ‘*Kumāragupto’dhirājā*’; (Pl. XXIV. 62); ‘the emperor Kumāragupta,’ the word *adhirājā* being obviously more appropriate than *rājā* for an emperor. The change in wording here seems to be deliberate.¹

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