The Coinage of the Gupta Empire and its Imitations c19.140

c19.140

The collection of the late Munirāja Vidyāvijayaji of Shivapuri in Madhyabharat contains a peculiar silver coin, a photograph of which was kindly sent to me by Dr. H. V. Trivedi. This silver coin (Pl. XIXB. 13) is of the Western Indian type, showing the Kshatrapa bust on the obverse along with a number of degraded Greek letters around it. The reverse shows the usual device of Garuḍa. The circular legend is the usual one, but shows some peculiarities. After the letters *Parama-bhagavata-maharaja-śra*, we have two letters which can be read as *Paku* or *Pakra* or *Maku* or *Makra*, *ma* being taken as of the eastern variety. Then follow the letters, *gupta-Mahendraditya*.