176 V. A. Smith —History and Coinage of the Gupta Period. [No. 4, 
The coin of Knmara Gupta II, Kramaditya (PL ii., 2), figured as 
“ a novelty/’ has been already published by me twice. ( Coinage , PI. 
ii., 12; Observations , p. 129.) 
The Archer coin (PI. ii., 3), with the name Jaya under the king’s 
arm, and sun standard to his proper right, has not, I think, been before 
published. The reverse device is that of the lotus-seated LaksmI, and 
the legend, which is quite illegible on the plate, is read doubtfully 
as Qri Prahdldya, which cannot be right. I am unable to define Jaya 
[Gupta’s] dynastic place, but he is certainly one of the later local 
kings subsequent to Skanda Gupta. The coin belongs to the class 
of heavy ( suvarna) coins, its weight being 140 grains. 
The coin of Visnu Gupta Candraditya (PI. ii., 4) was long ago 
figured in Ariana A?itiqua (PI. xviii., 24), and was again described by 
Thomas in his paper, entitled Indo-Scythian Coins with Hindi Legends 
([Indian Antiquary for 1883). Cunningham places the accession of Visnu 
Gupta in A.D. 680, which date cannot be far wrong. In figure 5 of 
the same plate a coin of ^a^qka is depicted. The letters under the 
bull are clearly jaya. 
Figure 8 represents the obverse only of a Gupta copper coin, thus 
described :— 
“Weight 87 grains. Diameter *85 inch. Author; fromAhichhatra. 
The largest copper coin of the Guptas yet found. 
“ Female bust to left., with flower in right hand. 
“ Garuda symbol or standard of the Guptas; legend lost.” 
This coin appears to be an inferior specimen of the new type, 
which I have described from Mr. Rawlins’ coin, and named the 
Maharaja type. The bust is that of the king, not of a female. It is 
to be observed that the king’s face is turned to the left in all Gupta 
copper coins, and to the right in the silver coins. 
Figure 9 represents a silver hemidrachm of Candra Gupta II 
which Cunningham believes to be dated in the year 80 odd. For the 
reasons given in Coinage , pp. 122, 123, I do not believe that this coin 
is ddted. The character which looks like a numeral symbol is probably 
a remnant of a corrupt Greek legend. 
The coin now figured by Cunningham is from Ajodhya. 
My treatment of the Gupta coinage has always been defective in 
one important respect. I had no opportunities for procuring assays or 
analyses of the metal, and consequently could not give any definite facts 
concerning the degree of its purity. Cunningham has caused the ne¬ 
cessary experiments to be made, and has compiled (p. 16) an interest¬ 
ing table showing the weight and purity of the Gupta gold coinage, 
as compared with the aureus of Augustus and the Great Kusan and 
