58 N. Journal of the Asiatic Society of Bengal. [N.S., XIX, 
Another coin of Skanda Gupta, found in the company of 
the above two, was bought by Mr. H. E. Stapleton and is now 
in his possession. 
(4) Gold coin of a king, unknown. From Kayekha, 
about a mile east from the Kotalipada police station at 
Ghagar. Presented to the Dacca Museum by Babu Madan 
Mohan Shaha of Tarasi. Metai, gold much alloyed. Weight, 
85°4. Size, ‘8. 
- with a hood like an elephant’s trunk to the right. Below the 
left arm of the king, letters very distinct which look like #. 
It is difficult to say what these curious letters stand for. The 
top letter appears to be undoubtedly # (sa) but the addition 
below complicates the reading. It may be read 44, G4, G4, 
aq, a4, but it is difficult to propose a definite reading. The 
letters 44, 4, @ & 4 | or & seem fairly certain, but that 
does not help us much. 
The type is a degraded form of the Archer type, but the 
outlines of the king’s figure are remarkably distinct. Some 
wavy lines denoting the underclothing of the king, and the 
dots forming the halo round his head are noteworthy. 
everse.— Within a circle, surrounded by a circle of dots, a 
goddess standing with right side to the spectator, looking to her 
front : eight-armed; holding a tapering fruit on the plam of 
In J.A.S B., 1910, p. 143, foot-note, Mr. Stapleton notices 
this very coin or one like it, as having a clear 4 beneath the 
king’s left arm. pee 
The following coins are from Sabhar in the Dacca district 
of Bengal .— 
(5) Unattributed gold coin of degraded Archer type- 
Metal, gold much alloyed. Weight, 87 ars. Size, 84. Found 
at Purana Bhatpara near Sabhar. . 
Obverse.—Very crude execution of the figure of a king 
looking right: vestiges of a bow in the left hand. The right 
and appears to rest on the hilt of a sword (point of an arrow *) 
planted on the ground. An ill-formed standard in the usual 
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| Not, as Allan supposes, by a horse’s head. 
