The Coinage of the Gupta Empire and its Imitations c9.s6.1

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The coins of the Lyrist type are rather rare. Of its larger variety, called A, the British Museum possesses five specimens, the Indian Museum two, and the State Museum Lucknow also the same number. The Bayana hoard had two specimens of this variety. The coins of the smaller variety, called B, are equally rare. *B. M. C., G. D.*, refers to three specimens, four were found in the Bayana hoard and one in the Bamnala hoard. The size of the coins of the variety A is .85"; that of the variety B is .75". The coins of the variety A, though large, are lighter in weight, the weight varying from 111 to 117 grains. The coins of the variety B, though small, vary in weight between 119 and 121 grains.