The Coinage of the Gupta Empire and its Imitations c19.175
The Coinage of the Gupta Empire and its Imitations c19.175
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c19.175
KUSUMBHI HOARD: This hoard of Gupta gold coins was found in 1947 at Kusumbhi in Unao district of U.P., while digging for the extension of a distributory canal of the Gaṅgā. 29 coins were acquired from this hoard, of which three were of Samudragupta, Standard type, 19 of Chandragupta II, (17 of the Archer type, and one each of the Chhatra and Lion-slayer types), and two of Kumāragupta I, one of the Archer and one of the Horseman type (J.N.S.I., XV. p. 82).