The Coinage of the Gupta Empire and its Imitations c9.s6.10

c9.s6.10

The legend on one coin of this type is distinctly *Sarmudraguptaḥ* (Pl. III. 15). Mr. Allan has suggested that it may be due to the mint-master proceeding to engrave through carelessness the reverse legend of the Kācha type, *Sarvarājochchhettā*, and realising his mistake, when the second letter was engraved and then proceeding to convert a *rva* into a passable *mu*. It is an ingenious suggestion but presupposes that the Kācha type was issued by Samudragupta himself. It is however more probable that Kācha was different from and later than Samudragupta, as will be shown on pp. 81-7.