Gupta Gold Coins with a Garu?a-Banner (Samudragupta to Skandagupta) (2 vols.)

This study focuses on the gold coins featuring the Gupta king with a banner carrying the image of the mythic eagle Garuḍa, the supreme symbol of his power. They belong to five coin types that comprise about sixty percent of the dīnāras struck from the reign of Samudragupta up to and including Skandagupta.