The Coinage of the Gupta Empire and its Imitations c19.26

c19.26

Who was the issuer of this coin cannot be definitely stated. Samudragupta II of the Gupta dynasty is not so far known and it is possible to argue that this coin may be of that unpublished variety of Samudragupta’s Archer type referred to by Kittoe as occurring in the Bharsar hoard,² which had on the reverse the legend *Parākrama* and not *Apratirathaḥ*, which is so far known to be the only legend on the reverse of the Archer type. Kittoe’s observation that the king on the obverse is offering oblations on the altar may be due to a mistake, the arrow being mistaken for the altar.