[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Studies](https://indike.org/pramana/ins) › [Archaeology, epigraphy and coins](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.epigraphy) › [The Coinage of the Gupta Empire and its Imitations](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.epigraphy.altekar-1957) › c19.33 # The Coinage of the Gupta Empire and its Imitations c19.33 The Coinage of the Gupta Empire and its Imitations c19.33 - **Language:** English ### [c19.33](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.epigraphy.altekar-1957.c19.33) A third alternative is to regard the coin as an ancient forgery. We have forged copperplates of Samudragupta as instanced by his Gaya and Nalanda copperplates; his coins also may have been forged in the 5th or the 6th century A. D. - [Previous: c19.32](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.epigraphy.altekar-1957.c19.32) - [Next: c19.34](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.epigraphy.altekar-1957.c19.34) - [Up: c19](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.epigraphy.altekar-1957.c19) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.epigraphy.altekar-1957.c19.33](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.epigraphy.altekar-1957.c19.33) · Pramāṇa