The Age of the Imperial Guptas c10.82

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c10.82

The circular legend on the obverse is *Gām=avajitya sucaritair=Kumāragupto divaṃ jayati*. The reverse legend is *Śrī-Kumāragupto*. Like his grand-father Samudragupta, Kumāragupta I performed the Aśvamedha sacrifice and issued special coins for distribution, which are much rarer than the Aśvamedha type of Samudragupta. There are only two coins of the Aśvamedha type of Kumāragupta I in the British Museum:—

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