Indische Palaographie von circa 350 a. Chr. – circa 1300 p. Chr. c25.19

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§ 98. Valabhī. — To the kings of Valabhī (**Plate IV, 12**) have been attributed certain silver coins bearing a trident on the *rev.* and inscrr. in debased characters which have not yet been thoroughly deciphered, but which seem to include the title *Bhaṭṭārakasa*. They are imitated from the western type of Gupta silver coins (§ 91). For earlier coins probably struck in Valabhī before the date of its independence, and while still tributary to the Guptas, v. sup. § 91.