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Stacy's cabinet, in juxtaposition with the Saurdshtra group, because 

 we see in tbem the evident remains of the fire-altar device of figs. 13, 

 15. The body of the altar only is removed and replaced by the 

 Sanscrit q\ Sri ; the opposite face has the very legible letters ^T^T U • 

 and a\ Hdsas, 40 or 41. The explanation of ^T¥*f in Wilson's Dic- 

 tionary is " the moon (in the language of the ve'das ;)" but it would 

 be hazardous to interpret Sri Hdsas, as indicative of a lunar worship, 

 or an adoption of a lunar motto, in contrast with the solar effigy and 

 the fire emblems that preceded it. ^ Sri, by itself, is still impressed 

 upon the Shdh-Alem coin of Mdlwd, which is denominated from this 

 circumstance the Sri-sdhy rupee*. It is an epithet of the goddess 

 Laxmi', and denotes pure Hinduism in the reigning dynasty. 



Has, taken separately, may be a contraction of Hdstinapur, or Hdnsi, 

 the place of coinage, and ^ «• may be Samvat 40 or 41, the year of 

 reign. 



Figs. 21 and 22, should rather have found a place among the Pdla 

 coins of Kanovj ; for on the reverse of both, sufficient of the Gaur 

 alphabetic characters are s-eeu to enable us to fill up the whole reading 

 as ^1 ^5T?J "^3" Sri A jay a deva. The obverse seems to be a rude 

 outline of a horse or a bull. 



At the foot of this plate I have inserted a few miscellaneous coins, 

 which I was doubtful where to place with propriety, or which have 

 reached me since the foregoing plates went to press. 



Fig. 23, is in Colonel Stacy's collection, a brass coin of unique 

 appearance ; on the obverse, a seated figure, adorned with a glory ; on 

 the reverse, an urn containing flowers, and across the field, in the 

 ancient form of Sanscrit ^^U^ Vagupati ; around the margin, on 

 both sides, is a garland of roses. 



Fig. 24, is a recent accession to Colonel Stacy's collection : on one 

 side a bull and staff, with the unknown word N*,^^ ; on the other 

 side, the peacock of Kumdra and a palm tree ? This coin is evidently 

 allied to those found by Mr. Spiers, in the Allahabad district, and 

 figured in Plate XXVI. of vol. iii. ; two of them are here re-engraved 

 as being more in place. Lieut. Cunningham has a duplicate of 25, 

 with a fuller inscription in the Allahabad form of Nagari ; I shall take 

 a future opportunity of engraving it. 



Fig. 27, is a copper coin found in the parcel lately received from 

 Syed Keramat Ali'. It is remarkable for containing the motto of the 

 Rajput series ^ft ^1W ^"^ Sri Snmugri (or Samanta) deva, with an 

 elephant instead of a bull ; while on the reverse, the rude outline of a 

 horse without rider seems encircled by a Pehlevi legend ; a coin 

 * See Useful Tables, Part I. 



