Archer Type Coins of the Gupta Kings
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Priya Jyoti Samanta
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The view that these coins are commemoration medals issued by Samudragupta in memory of his parents is untenable.
Journal of the Asiatic Society of Bengal, pp. 390-400,1852
Altekar, A.S., Coinage of the Gupta Empire, p.54, Varanasi, 1957
Journal of the Royal Asiatic Society, 1,1889
The throne coins belong to the Northern provinces while the latter belong to the central or eastern provinces. No marked difference at fabric, however, can be noted as exists in die case of the standard coin of Samudragupta, and in the absence of satisfactory evidence finds, it is impossible to insist that these two classes are geographically district: /. Allan.
Coins of the British Museum, Gupta Dynasty, p. clii
It corresponds with variety of the Coins of the British Museum, Gupta Dynasty, p.Cly.
It is a new discovery disclosed by the Bayana Hoard.
The name of the King is written under his left arm; this diffemtitates this variety from the coin. Journal of the Asiatic Society of Bengal, p. 168,1894.
This variety was so far known from a solitary specimen published by Prayag Dayal: Journal of the Asiatic Society of Bengal, p.211,1920.
The grammatically correct form in Sndhava
The letter 'nvi' is usually written between Garuda and the head of the King
Journal of the Royal Asiatic Society, p. 125,1893
If the letter is taken to have a top matra, it can be read as pu: if the top matra is regarded as a part of the letter, it can be read as bu.
This type was once assigned to Kumaragupta I by Smith, but later he changed his views : Journal of Royal Asiatic society, p.l 16,1893.
