2 Asdm Coins. [Ja]N". 



5. From Mr. J. M. Foster, Asam — Three large and three small Asam 

 silver corns. 



Babxj Peata ^PACHAis^DEA GrHOSHA, Assista7it Secretary, submitted the 

 folloiving note regarding these coins — 



1. A silver rupee, octagonal, of Eajes'vara Sinha. A rupee of the 

 same prince and bearing the same legend is figured in Marsden's ' Nu- 

 mismata Orientalia.' But the date there given is S^ake 1674, correspond- 

 ing to A. D. 1752. This coin, however, bears 1690, i. e., A. D., 1768. It is 

 important as shewing the latest date of the reign of that prince. This prince 

 appears from the coin to have reigned at least for sixteen years. Marsden, 

 however, describes a silver two-anna piece of the same prmce, dated 1620, which 

 would extend his reign to fifty years. In this coin also, at the bottom of the 

 obverse area in the margin, is impressed the figure of what appears to be a 

 winged dragon. 



2. A silver eight-anna piece, octagonal of Eajes'vara Siiiha, not figured 

 in Marsden. 



I. Area — S'ri S'ri E-ajes'vara Sinha Nrpasya, of the twice illustrious 

 prince Raj es vara Siiiha. 



II. Area — S'ri S'ri S'ivapada Parayanasya, of the twice illustrious 

 devotee of the feet of S'iva. 



This coin bears no date. 



3. A silver four- anna piece, octagonal, not figured in Marsden, of the 

 wife of S'iva Sinha. 



I. Area — S'ri S'ri S'iva Siiiha Mahipa. 



II. Area — Jay a S'ri Madamvikanam, of the twice illustrious king S'iva 

 Siiiha's wife, fortunate Amvika. At the bottom the centmy of the date is 

 preserved 16. 



From Marsden we find that S'iva Sinha reigned in 1662, agreeing with 

 1740, A. D. 



4. A silver two-anna piece, octagonal, of Gaurmatha Siiiha, not figur- 

 ed in Marsden. 



I. — S'ri S'ri Gaminatha. 



II. — SiiihaNrpasya, of the twice illustrious Gaurinatha Siiiha, ruler of men. 



It bears no date. Gaurinatha reigned about S'ake 1706, or 1784, A. D. 



5. A silver anna piece, octagonal, of the same prince, not figured in 

 Marsden. 



I. — S'ri Gaurinatha. 

 II. — Siiiha Nrpasya. 



6. A silver half-anna piece, octagonal, of the same prince not figured 

 in Marsden. 



I.— S'ri Gau— 

 II.— rinatha Siiiha. 



