The Coinage of the Gupta Empire and its Imitations c18.s5.5

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The weight of the coins of Virasena varies between 161 and 169 grains. They are obviously issued to the weight standard of a gold Śatamāna, weighing a hundred *rattis*. The metrology, therefore, does not show any Gupta influence; the Guptas never issued any gold coins weighing more than 152 grains. The reverse of Virasena’s coins shows Laksmi seated on a lotus (rather crudely delineated), which is so common on Gupta coins. The *biruda* of Kramāditya was taken by Skandagupta, Kumāragupta II and Ghaṭo(tkachagupta) of the Gupta dynasty. We may, therefore, place Vīrasena sometime in the 6th century.