The Coinage of the Gupta Empire and its Imitations c9.5

c9.5

The emperor issued no silver or copper coins. R. D. Banerji no doubt refers to two copper coins discovered near Katwa in the Burdwan district of Bengal, which bore on the obverse the figure of Garuḍa above and the name *Samudra* below, the reverse being completely illegible. These coins, however, have not been published, and therefore it would be hazardous to assert that Samudragupta had really issued a copper currency. As silver coins were not current earlier in the territories over which Samudragupta was ruling, he issued no currency in the white metal.