The Coinage of the Gupta Empire and its Imitations c17.s2.11

c17.s2.11

It is only in the case of class II of Narasimhagupta and Kumāragupta II that the coinage can be said to have been heavily adulterated. They contain only 54% gold; i. e. instead of giving 112 grains of gold, their coins give only about 75 or 80 grains. The currency of Viṣṇugupta is still baser; it contains only 43% gold, i. e. only about 62 grains of gold. Why these rulers issued so heavily adulterated currency, we do not know. Possibly they ruled over very small kingdoms or were going through critical times.