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Drachm Fraction - Chandragupta II Vikramaditya Kalash Type
| Issuer | Gupta Empire |
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| Year | 375-415 |
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| Weight | 0.75 g |
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| Reverse lettering | 𑀘𑀦𑁆𑀤𑁆𑀭 |
| Edge | Plain |
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Chandragupta II's copper fractions are poorly understood in terms of their precise monetary function — whether they circulated as petty change alongside the gold dinar issues or served some more localized administrative role remains unresolved in the scholarship. The Kalash type specifically is among the scarcer copper varieties attributed to his reign, which stretched across a period of Gupta territorial expansion into the former Western Kshatrapa domains following their defeat around 395 AD.