1888.] Dr. Hoernle — On new Badrian and Gupta Coins. 133 



them there are four gold Indo- Scythians ; viz., one Kadphises, with king's 

 head to left (as in Ariana Antiqua, Plate X, figs. 8, 10, 11), weight 97' 175 

 grains ; one Kanerki with MAO reverse (as ihid., Plate XII, fig. 1), 

 weight 119*75 grains ; and two Bazodeo, with OKPO reverse (OKPO 

 to be read from the rim of the coin, (as ibid., plate XIY, fig. 14), 

 except that there is a nimbus round S'iva's head, (as ihid., figs. 12, 

 13) ; one of the two coins is slightly broader and thinner, but without 

 any trace of that slight concavity generally shown by the thinner 

 specimens of Bazodeo's coins; weight 112,5 grains; the other weighs 

 125*825 grains. The Kadphises and Kanerki coins, I may add, belong 

 to Mr. Sykes. 



The remainder are all Gupta coins ; viz., 1, one Ghatotkacha, with a 

 very fine reverse (as in J. A. S. B., vol. LIII, pi. II, fig. 1), weight 

 125,825 grains. 



2, four Chandra Gupta II., '' Archer " type, with lotus seat reverse 

 (as ihid., pi. Ill, figs. 1, 2) ; one of the ordinary kind, weight 123,75 

 grains ; one has the ^ ha doubled in the rev. legend, weight 125,825 

 grains ; another shows a circle (or wheel) over the king's right shoulders 

 (as in var. /8, ibid., p. 180), weight 125*75 grains ; and one appears to be 

 a cast forgery, weights 92,075 grains. 



3, one Kumara Gupta, belonging to Mr. Sykes, of the " Combatant 

 lion" type (as ^6^c? , p. 197, pi. lY, fig. 3), weight 119*75 grains ; the 

 obverse legend is very imperfect ; on left margin there are traces of three 

 letters, the last two of which look like '^^ hrama (perhaps f^WfJ vihrama) ; 

 on the right margin there are traces of seven letters, the first two looking 

 like ^ ^ dya sri, and the last like ^ ku ; there mast have been other letters 

 below the king and behind the lion, joining the two preserved portions, 

 and making up ffi^TT'I'H^ Kumara Guptasya, the initial ^ hu of which is 

 preserved. The reverse legend reads clearly ^fTRJITTrfV'^r^T Kumara 

 Guptddliirdjno (not merely Ku^ndra Guptddhirdja). 



4, one Skandagupta, " Archer " type (as ibid., p. 198), weight 

 142,175 grains. 



5, apparently a crude imitation of Chandra Gupta's coins of the 

 " Archer" type ; the name under the king's right arm is a mere scroll ; 

 the reverse legend is fairly legible as §t f^^'T sri- Vihrama ; weight 

 146*25 grains. 



6, a silver Gupta coin of the " peacock " type, but with the legend 

 quite illegible, weight 28,125 grains. 



