62 N. Journal of the Asiatic Society of Bengal, |N.S., XIX, 
No. 4 85°4 grains. No. 12 .. 86°5 grains. 
43,9 ve 87 " » 1s 92°B. > ay 
~ oe ee Sy » 14 ~ BP oe 
ere 75 - ke s« SOS cm 
‘ 3 SPD xs w ae 85 
9 ~~ SOD 5s oA vis ee 
10 i - e ” o 28 1s Se * 
11 SOS = 
It appears pretty clear from the above that these coins were 
struck on the 50 rati or half Suvarna standard, of a rali of 
about 1, grain, ie. an original weight of about 95 grains. 
From Sasanka’s coin referred to by Allan above. which weighs 
85 grains, and from a coin of Kacha (Samudragupta ?) of 
debased gold (I.M.C., Vol I, p. 102, Kacha No. 2., foot-note 
No. 2), which weighs 87:4, it appears that the standard was 
not unknown, but very seldom used. The coin of Sasanka 
seems to have been the immediate prototype of these 
coins. The following facts regarding these coins may be 
emphasised :— 
a) These were undoubtedly East Indian coins, and had 
circulation only in Eastern India. 
b) They are inter-connected by weight, by the border of 
large dots on the two sides, and the figure of the eight-armed 
standing goddess looking to her left, on the reverse; Ccon- 
sequently, they were issued by the same family or in the same 
period. 
(c) They cannot be attributed to any of the Imperial 
Guptas, even to the last kings of the line, or to Samachara 
the one illustrated in the History of Vikramapura (found in 
Rampal, the ancient capital of the Senas), was found near the 
ancient seats of the Palas or Senas. Moreover it is not 
probable that these coins are so late. The few letters that 
appear on them, here and there, appear to be older in form 
than the letters on the earliest Pala inscriptions. 
They cannot be attributed to Harsavardhana, as bis 
coins are known, and these coins do not resemble them in any 
wey. 
