The Coinage of the Gupta Empire and its Imitations c16.s8.7

c16.s8.7

² It may be argued that the letter *ru* occurring on the obverse of his coins may suggest a late date, because it occurs on the coins of Vishnugupta, who ruled after c. 490 A.D. It is, however, not unlikely that Prakāśāditya (Purugupta) may have introduced that letter and that Vishnugupta may have copied it later. Until however we know the significance of these stray letters on the obverse, we can base no conclusions upon them.