1 iG Dr. Iloernlcs remarks on the same. [May, 



Both obverses and reverses of all the coins are surrounded by circles 

 of dots." 



Dr. Hoernle remarked : the coins forwarded by Mr. V. Smith are 

 of great interest. They appear to be of a type hitherto quite unknown. 

 I have myself never seen them before. Mr. Smith readings are on the 

 whole correct. But the letters on the reverse of the first coin (Plate II, 

 fig. 1) are ^h"jff sri-go. The first character is undoubtedly ^ft" Sri; the 

 second looks to me like JTT go, though it might be 5? ge, but not JfT gd 

 or ¥£T sd. The animal is clearly the same as that on the obverse of the 

 coins No. IV (see Plate II, fig. 4, a and 4, b). I take it to be a 

 winged lion with a crest on the head. The obverse of the coins 

 No. II shows the same animal, a winged lion ; the legend above is 

 §ftj^ sri-sudharma (or perhaps : ?t^H sri-suvarma). The letter ?; 

 is marked on the top of the left hand vertical stroke of the final 

 *?, by a small upright stroke with a long horizontal one, at right angles, 

 and extending over the whole of the M (see Plate II, fig. 2b). The 

 animal on the reverse is a cow with a sucking calf below her ; the 

 latter is distinctly recognizable in both fig. 2a and 2b. The legend 

 above is «KT^^ft Mmadehi ; the final i is distinctly marked by a cres- 

 cent (opening to the right) placed at the top of the left-hand verti- 

 cal stroke of ^ ; it is clearly seen in fig. 2 a ; but in fig. 2 b, unfortu- 

 nately, it has not come out well in the photograph. The obverse side 

 of the coins No. Ill must be that with the lion, as it is on all the 

 other coins of this collection ; the reverse being that with the seated 

 female figure. The latter device very closely resembles one found 

 on many reverses of gold Gupta coins, and probably represents Lakshmi 

 seated on the lotus. That flower and its stalk are well seen on fig. 

 3a and 3c. The legend on the obverse is §far*r TW sri-pdndnka ; the 

 second character might also be *{T md. The legend on the reverse 

 is certainly 5 ?faf[fJl^ft sribhogini. The lion on the obverse of these 

 coins is not winged, but on some of the coins (fig. 3a and 3c) there 

 is a flower in front of it, in others (fig. 36) the flower is absent ; I 

 have not noticed any standard. The lion on the obverse of the coins 

 No. IV is again a winged one ; and the same animal but without 

 wings is shown on the reverses. The latter also have the crescent moon 

 above the lion. The reverse bears no legend ; but that on the obverse 

 is ^ftlJVil sri-sudharma (or perhaps =?t^H sri-suvarma). These coins 

 would seem to belong to three kings, Go — , styled Mahdrdjddhirdja, 

 Sudharma, and Pdndnha. Coins No. 1 belong to the Go — ; coins 

 Nos. II and IV to Sudharma, and coins No. Ill to Pananka. Nothing 

 beyond their names appears to be known. The type of the Gupta 

 letters does not appear to me to be quite so old as Mr. V. Smith thinks. 



