The Coinage of the Gupta Empire and its Imitations c14.s1.1

c14.s1.1

The silver coins issued by Kumāragupta I for the use of the Western Provinces continued to be a close copy of the Kshatrapa prototype. They hardly differ in general characteristics from the silver coinage of Chandragupta II. Traces of what was once a legible Greek legend occur on some varieties, but are dispensed with on others. The reverse, as a general rule, continues to have the device of Garuḍa, usually with the pellet or group of seven dots in the field. The Kshatrapa device of Hill occurs on no specimens.