50 N. Journal of the Asiatic Society of Bengal. |{N.S., XTX, 
2. A Quarier-Rupee of Kalyana-manikya. 
This coin, along with a set of three other Tippera coins, 
was obtained through the exertions of Babu Narendranarayana 
Chakravarti, M.A., Sub-Deputy Magistrate, Comilla, from 
Babu Brajendra Kumara Chatarji, M.A., B.L.., Asst. Manager 
of the Tippera Raj Estates, and the latter gentleman has 
kindly presented these coins to the Dacca Museum. 
(1) Coin of Kalyana-manikya Fig. 5s. 
Silver. Size, 66, Weight, 39 grs. Date 1548 S. 
Obverse—In a square, the margins outside it being 
occupied by decorative curves, as in the coin of Govinda- 
manikya described above— 
Reverse.—In a circle within a circle of dots, grotesque 
lion running to proper right, with the right fore-paw raised. 
Av mark at the top. 
Between the two fore-legs .., ‘ a oe 
Between the two hind-legs .. ‘i at 
Between the hind-most leg and the upturned tail .. 8” 
The last figure of the date has a cross-like appearance, 
but the two lines of the cross do not cut each other at right 
angles. This figure, as already pointed out, should be taken 
I should like to draw attention to certain other points 
referred to in Mr. Banerji’s note on the Coinage of Tippera 1m 
the Annual Report of the Archeological Survey of India for 
1913-14 :— 
(a) The inexplicable syllables on the coins of Ratna 
manikya which Mr. Banerji reads as ddi, dva, dda are in all 
probability Sri Durgga. The reading of Sri Durgga, however, 
is not altogether free from objection. i 
e date on the coins of Krigna-manikya (A.S.R., 
. 
1913-14, Plate LX VII, Nos. 11 and 12) with his queen-consort 
ji eae 
g 
seems to be 5. In the case, however, of the gold coin (No. 12) 
the succeeding figures appear to be 62. The Rajamala does 
