i«3tt.j Coins and relics from Bactria, 1051 



A drawing of this patera was made at Simla by no common hand 

 several months ago, and it arrived and was exhibited at the Meeting of 

 the Asiatic Society, but somehow disappeared, so as to preclude an 

 earlier description of this relic being laid before the public. We have 

 now the original before us, and have examined it closely, to see if there 

 were any inscription, stamp or emblem, which might afford some clue to 

 the date and locality of the manufacture, but are compelled to be con- 

 tent with a mere description of its outward appearance, being unable to 

 hazard a conjecture as to either. 



Indo-Bactrian Coins. 



Specification of coins in Plate XXXII. Vol. VII. 



No. 1. Obv. Armed figure standing with a club or spear : no inscrip- 

 tion. Rev. Elephant with rider : Bactrian inscription Rajasa, rest 

 not decypherable. 



No. 2. Obv. Woman and deer, with inscription not legible : (5 em- 

 blem. Rev. Tree and mountain, with ■£, and £ emblems. 



No. 3. Obv. Man and bull, same emblem as No 2, and Maha'rajasa 

 Mahabhatasa in old Pali clearly legible, but the name to the left 

 baffles us. Rev. Same device and emblems as No. 2, and Mahara'jasa 

 clearly legible in Bactrian at the bottom. 



No. 4. Obv. Same device as No. 2, and same emblem, Rajna Ra- 

 jasa Maghadatasa in old Pali. Rev. Same device and emblems 

 as No. 2, Maharajasa in Bactrian: the rest not legible. 



No. 5. A larger coin, the same device on both sides as No. 3 ; Ob- 

 verse defaced; Rev. Maharajasa in Bactrian characters. 



No. 6. Obv. Bull and *f emblem, no letters. Rev. Same emblems 

 as Nos. 2, 3, and 4, with addition of a wheel : very peculiar. 



No. 7. Obv. Deer and man, with emblems 3C and [fj: Rajna Ku- 

 nandasa in old Pali, Rev. Same as Nos. 2, 3, 4, &c. 



No. 8. Obv. Deer and woman: Maharajasa in Pali. Rev. Same 

 as No. 2, no inscription. 



No. 9. Obv. Deer and man, Kunandasya in Pali. Rev. Same as 

 No. 2. 



No. 10. Same precisely, Pali inscription Nandasa the last letter 

 being an initial A' y\ . 



Buddhist Satrap Coins, 



No. 11. Obv. Horse caparisoned. Rev. Rajasa, in Bactrian, with 

 various marks. 



No. 12. Obv. Horse. Rev. Standing figure with bow: inscription 

 -in Pali, Sarba tapasa patamapasa, Thamasp ? 



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