142 Journal of the Asiatic Society of Bengal. [April, 1910. 



Jamadar 'All, a ryot 

 village lying on the 



west of the tank and within a stone's throw of the road, that the 

 first coin figured in the annexed Plate XXII was picked up three 

 years ago, the finder being a son of one 

 of MunshI Akbar of Manes war, the large 



old river bank to the west and north-w< . . 



According to another son of Jamadar 'All whom I saw when 

 enquiring about the find, there was a dispute at the time of 

 its discovery as to whether or not it was brass, and on the coin 

 being taken to Babu Monohar De, a local talukdar and gold- 

 smith, it was declared to be gold and purchased by him for 

 Rs. 8. Last March Babu Mohini Mohan Basu, Headmaster of 



Mymensin 



to be visiting this 



man, and having been shewn the coin, was informed that 

 others were obtainable at a neighbouring poddar' s. Being in- 

 terested, he asked that one should be obtained for him, with 

 the result that coin No. 2 in Plate XXII was purchased for Rs. 9 

 and sent him shortly afterwards. The discovery of the first 

 coin in the earth close to Nawab Rashld Khan's tank is cer- 

 tain, having been verified by personal enquiry from the villa- 

 gers concerned, and it was also ascertained from the poddar 

 who sold the second coin to the Headmaster, through whom 

 information of the find first reached me, that he had obtained 

 it, as well as another, a few months back, from one < 

 Nabi, a Newarl (c*«3Tft), or dealer in old jewelry. Ghulam 

 Nabi could not be found as he is said to be absent from Dacca 



poddar informed me that h( 

 same sort in his possession. 



most of the year, but the 



No. 1. — Gold (apparently cast). Weight 87-6 grains. Size 



80 inch. 



Obverse :— Typical Gupta king, facing right, his left hand 

 holding a bow, and right extended over the garuda standard, 

 grasping an arrow. The appearance of the figure on the coin 

 resembles that of Fig. 12, Plate XV (a coin of Chandragupta 



Coins 



Mr. Vincent Smith's Indian Museum 



Samudragupta (cf. Mr. Vincent Smith's paper in the J.A.S.B. 

 for 1884, PL II, Fig 6). There is, however, no halo round the 

 head of the king nor visible lettering on the field, which is 



ement 



coin has 



Reverse : — Within 



a standing Queen or Goddess, looking to the left. Behind her 

 lines suggestive of flowing hair, while in front appear charac 

 ters suggestive of Gupta letters. 



Both the appearance as well as the weight (roughly half a 

 tola) at first led the writer to believe that the coin was a forgery, 

 though, from the clearness of the bow, the maker must evidently 



