416 Bactrian and Indo-Scythic’ Coins. (Aue. 
Fig. Ii isan unique coin in Doctor Swinery’s possession. . I have a 
' sealing-wax impression, from the sharpness of which I con- 
; clude the original to be of gold. » 
Obverse.,. A horseman mounted and holding a:spear with the» right 
hand: the horse is, ornamented with trappings in the native 
style. A curious scroll or symbol appears in front. 
Reverse. St1va’s bull kneeling in the attitude of the images of Nan- 
prin the temples. . He is also clothed in ornamental trap- 
pings. Above are characters-which seem to form the words 
RM aawzea Sri Samagri deva in ancient Nagari; the @ 
written 4 is met with in one of the inscriptions decyphered 
by Wirorp, As. Res. IX. 104. No.such name as-Sama- 
gri deva occurs in the catalogues of Hindu dynasties of Central 
India or, Magadha, but the import. of the words may_perhaps 
. be understood as an honorific’ appellation, ##¥_ signifies 
«« whole, entire:’? Were it possible that the fourth letter were 
an old form of 1 we might ascribe the coin to Samanta deva, 
the first of the Ajmir princes, who reigned, according to 
Witson, in A. D. 500. But such a conjecture is not warran- 
| table. Witrorp says, the titles Sri and Deva were: assumed; 
/ >... >. by the descendants of Canna, as ‘Sri Canna Duva*,” &c.. 
P We may therefore ascribe this coin to the Andhra-jatiya. or 
Andhra-bhritya dynasty, some time anterior to the Muham- 
medan invasion. 
Fig. 12.—Two copper coins of this die were prongiit & Doctor 
J. M. Bramury, from Nipal, ina collection of the coins 
of that country; and Ihave inserted a drawing: of them here, 
both as a fair pledge that other ancient Hindu coins are 
forthcoming in that hitherto unexplored region, and as 
furnishing some very legible characters in a class of coin of 
frequent occurrence, both in gold and copper. - The lion or 
Singha on the reverse agrees with fig. 8: and with fig. 12 
of plate vii. The sitting female figure on the obverse may 
be identified with figs. 1, 11, 12, 18, 14, 16, 17, and 40 of 
Witson, and with the fourth series of .Top ; the characters 
are however of a different class, the & for instance, like that 
of fig. 14, in the last plate, more resembles’ the, Bengalee 
- form @, and is found on ancient grants and inscriptions, be- 
tween the 5th and the 12th centuries. The nail-headed 
character is noticed by Col. Top, as predominating in all the 
inscriptions ofthe Mauri Princes of Chitore from (S. 465 to 
S. 1191) A. D. 409 to 1135. 
* As. Res. IX. page 104. 
