The Age of the Imperial Guptas c10.86

c10.86

The Aśvamedha type of Kumāragupta I is to be distinguished from the same type of Samudragupta by the presence of a legend on the obverse, its weight and the *Āditya*-name of Kumāragupta I on the reverse and the weight. Six coins of the Aśvamedha type of Samudragupta weigh 118.3 grains but the first coin of Kumāragupta I weighs 124.5 grains and the second, with a ring, weighs 128.8 grains. The obverse legend begins *jayati divaṁ Kumāra* and on the second it contains the word *Aśvamedha*. The reverse legend on both coins is *Śrī Aśvamedha-Mahendraḥ* like the *Aśvamedha-Parākramaḥ* of Samudragupta.