The Coinage of the Gupta Empire and its Imitations c14.s3.1

c14.s3.1

As shown above, while considering the copper coinage of Kumāragupta I, we have to leave out of consideration the large number of small coins found in Kathiawar, which now undoubtedly appear as copper pieces, but which were originally silver-plated coins. Genuine copper coins of Kumāragupta are very scarce. The Indian Museum has one coin of the Altar type and the St. Petersburg (Leningrad) Museum has another of the same type. The British Museum has got no copper coins. The Prince of Wales Museum, Bombay, has one coin of the Chhatra type and one of the Archer type; and the Bodleian collection has one coin of the Standing king type.