Large numbers of Kumáragupta’s coins of gold silver and copper have been found. The gold which are of various types are inferior in workmanship to his father’s coins. The silver and copper coins are of two varieties, eastern and western. Both varieties have on the obverse the royal bust in the Kshatrapa style of dress. In the western pieces the bust is a copy of the moustached Kshatrapa face with a corrupted version of the corrupt Greek legend used by the Kshatrapas. The only difference between the obverses of the Western Gupta and the Kshatrapa coins is that the date is in the Gupta instead of in the Kshatrapa era. On the reverse is an ill formed peacock facing front as in Chandragupta II.’s coins. The legend runs:
परम भागवत महाराजाधिराज श्री कुमार्गुप्त महेन्द्रादित्य.
Paramabhágavata Maharájádhirája Śrí Kumáragupta Mahendráditya.
The great Vaishnava the supreme ruler of great kings, the illustrious Kumáragupta Mahendráditya.[36]
In Kumáragupta’s eastern silver and copper coins the bust on the obverse has no moustache nor is there any trace of the corrupt Greek legend. The date is in front of the face in perpendicular numerals one below the other instead of behind the head as in the Kshatrapa and Western Kumáragupta coins. On the reverse is a well-carved peacock facing front with tail feathers at full stretch. Round the peacock runs the clear cut legend:
विजितवनिरवनिपति कुमार्गुप्तो देवं जयति.
Vijitávaniravanipati Kumáragupto devaṃ jayati.
This legend is hard to translate. It seems to mean:
Kumáragupta, lord of the earth, who had conquered the kings of the earth, conquers the Deva.