Indian Epigraphical Glossary c6.5148

c6.5148

*rūpaka* (IE 8-8; EI 30; CII 4), name of a coin of silver; cf. *kṛṣṇarāja-rūpaka* (EI 25; CII 4), a silver coin issued by the Kalacuri king Kṛṣṇarāja; silver coin 1/16 of the value of a gold *dīnāra* in the Gupta age (*JNSI*, Vol. II, p. 5); same as *dramma*.