132 Dr. Hoernle — On neiv Bactrian and Gupta Coins. [April, 



the victorious Kumara Gupta." The reading of the preserved portion 

 of the legend, as above given, is practically certain, except the aksJiara 

 ^ till, the consonant of which is too blurred to be recognizable, and 

 the vowel might be a long a. The bracketed portion of the reading 

 I have supplied from another specimen of the " Horseman to left '* 

 type in the Society's collection (see Proceedings, A. S. B., for 1882, pp. 

 Ill — 114, also J. A. S. B., vol. LIII, p. 194). The reverse has, as 

 usual, the legend ^fsTrR^s?? ajita-MaJiendra, i. e., "the unconquered 

 Mahendra", and a female figure seated on a morlid, holding a fillet in 

 her right, and a long-stalked lotus in her left hand. There is no mono- 

 gram. The weight is 123*75 grains. 



Nos. 7, 8, 9 are new specimens of later Indo-Scythic coins, or 

 " link-coins " as Prinsep called them. They have been discussed by the 

 late Mr. E. Thomas in a paper in the Indian Antiquary, Vol. XII, p. 6. 

 No. 7 is evidently the oldest and purest. Along the obverse rim (to be 

 read from outside the coin) there are mutilated traces of the well-known 

 Indo-Scythic legend, in Greek characters, PAO (in front of the king's 

 face). In the angle, formed by the king's left armpit, there appears to 

 be the letter 31 ^a or ^ sa ; in the field outside the spear, there are two 

 letters, apparently Tl gasJia or r{ tasha ; at the left-hand bottom, there 

 seems to be f^ vi or perhaps ^ hTia. The reverse also shows traces of 

 the Greek letters oKpo{?) in a very debased form. Weight 121 grains. 



No. 8 very closely resembles a specimen figured and described in 



Mr. Thomas' paper {ihid.^ p. 9). The obverse has TJ kirda under the 

 king's left arm. Along the right-hand margin there is ;^ gadalia ; and 



in the left bottom of the field, between the fire-altar (partially visible on 

 the rim) and the king's legs, there are three very minute and not very 

 distinct letters placed beside (not above) one another. The first appears 

 to be a compound letter, though I cannot identify it with Mr. Thomas' 

 reading {hsliana) ; the other two look like ^T pura. The reverse, with 

 the usual figure of the enthroned goddess, shows two letters (above one 

 another) on the right-hand margin, ^ yasha. Weight 118, 25. 



No. 9 is the crudest and latest specimen. The obverse apparently 

 has f ^ kJvida (or fj Tcirda) under the king's left arm ; under his right 



arm there are two characters, which seem clearly to read ^¥]r hasa. The 

 reverse, with a crude enthroned goddess, shows on the right-hand margin 

 traces of ^g . ^m sV[/] pri . va[T']mma. Weight 112*5 grains. 



Besides the above-mentioned, I received from Mr. H. Rivett-Carnac 

 other twelve gold and one silver coins. All these, however, belong to 

 well-known types and varieties that have been already published. Among 



