The History of Numismatics
The evolution of coinage from punch-marked coins to the gold coins of the Guptas.
Key Questions
- 1How do coins act as a source of economic and political history?
- 2What does the purity of Gupta gold coins suggest about their economy?
- 3Why did the use of coins decline in the post-Gupta period?
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