The Coinage of the Gupta Empire and its Imitations c7.s1.25

c7.s1.25

There was considerable trouble towards the end of the reign of Kumāragupta I. There was the Hūṇa invasion, which shook the empire to its foundations and must have drained its treasury. The financial stringency, however, did not induce Kumāragupta I to issue adulterated gold coins. But it compelled him to sanction the issue of silver-plated copper pieces as silver coins.