The Coinage of the Gupta Empire and its Imitations c17.s1.14

c17.s1.14

Early Gupta emperors had issued several types, varieties and sub-varieties of gold coins, but particular symbols do not appear to be associated with particular types and varieties. The coins of the Archer type of Samudragupta are very few, and yet they show two different symbols 屮 and 🜲. In the Archer type, class II, var. E, of Chandragupta II, there are 18 coins, but five different symbols. There are only five coins of the Couch type of Chandragupta II and they show two different symbols. It is only in the case of var. C of the Standard type of Samudragupta that we see one and the same symbol 🜳 throughout.