The Coinage of the Gupta Empire and its Imitations c16.s1.4

c16.s1.4

Till quite recently it was generally held that Purugupta had issued gold coins of the Archer type assuming the *biruda* Vikrama. One variety of these coins had no distinctive name of the emperor on the obverse, the reverse giving only the legend *Śrīvikrama*. On a solitary coin of the other variety, however, along with the legend *Śrīvikrama* on the reverse, there was a name under the king's left arm. This name was read as *Pura* by Mr. Allan¹ and it was therefore assumed that all heavy weight coins with the *biruda* *Śrīvikrama* were the issues of Purugupta.