1883.] J. Gibbs— iVb/e on RamtinJcis. 77 



(1.) The whole, or ' Ramtinki Varaha,' supposed to be 4 tolas. 

 (2.) „ half „ „ Pratai^a, „ „ 2 „ 



(3.) „ quarter,, „ Dharana, „ „ 1 „ 



I have two of the whole coins (1) : all the others in my collection, al- 

 though varying in size and weight, may be classed as quarters (3). The 

 only half coin (2) I know of is that above described as Mr. Frere's. 

 I now proceed to give the weights and descriptions : 



(1) 1. a pale gold, 4 rows of figures wt. 696 grs., much rubbed. 

 2. (B pure gold, 2 rows of figures wt. 690 grs. 



(2) [Mr. Frere's pale gold, 3 rows of figures 



wt 360 grs. = exactly 2 tolas] 



(3) 3. a pale gold, single row of figures, wt. 120 grs., much rubbed. 



4. a pale „ do. „ 100 grs., do. 



5. a pale „ do. „ 166grs.,very flat, in good order. 



6. P pure „ single row wt. 160 grs. 



7. P pure ,, ,, wt. 150 grs. 



8. y good ,, coarse work, single row of figures, wt. 196 grs. 



9. y good „ ,, „ „ 200 grs. 

 10. y good „ „ „ „ 193 grs. 



The backs of some have various marks on them, — the double triangle, 

 often the standing figure of Hanuman, with some very unintelligible Nagari 

 letters not hitherto read. 



I have seen two other large Ramtinkis : one belonged to the great 

 Shankaracharya-swami, the head of a large religious community who 

 travels about the Deccan. I saw him at Poona, and one of his most pre- 

 cious relics was a large Ramtinki. I was not allowed to touch it, but it 

 was held for me to examine : it was larger than my largest of pale gold and 

 had 4 rows of figures in it, was more deeply cup-shaped than any I have 

 seen : I should say it weighed more than 4 tolas. 



Mr. J. Proctor Watson of Bombay has one which he purchased from 

 a Marwari : it is of pretty good gold, of coarse and rough work and 

 weighs 8 1 tolas : it would I presume be a double Ramtinki. 



I have also an electrotype of one in the Mysore Museum, kindly 

 sent me by Capt. Stuart Mackenzie : it is in excellent preservation and 

 resembles one of my old pale ones. No. 3. 



I have found great difficulty in getting any reliable information on the 

 subject of these coins or medals : for the best I am indebted to Rao Bahadur 

 Trimulrao Venktish Inamdar, a pensioned Small Cause Court Judge, and 

 now an Honorary Magistrate at Dharm, S. M. C, who not only has 

 made many inquiries for me on the subject, but himself procured for me the 

 oldest and most curious specimens I have. 



The flat medal which is engraved in the Society's Proceedings for 



