1845.] of the Indo- Scythians. 439 



No. 7. — A round copper coin, of large size, thickly coated with indu- 

 rated verdigris. This piece is one of those extracted by General Ven- 

 tura from the Manikyala Tope, and which I obtained in exchange from 

 Mr. Prinsep. 



Obverse. Similar to Nos. 5 and 6. 



Reverse. A full length figure standing to the front, and clad in 

 a long dress : the head surrounded by a circular halo ; and the hands 

 raised together before the breast in an attitude, which is peculiar to the 

 figures of Samant Bhadra, the first of the celestial Bodhisatwas. Samant 

 Bhadra is also one of the names of Adi Buddha, (see Hodgson's Trans. 

 R. A. Soc. 2, p. 239.) The monograph to the left : and legend in cor- 

 rupted Greek characters, <*j O AAO BOA CAMA A 



similar copper coin, of middle size, is figured in the Asiatic Society's Jour- 

 nal, (vol. 3, pi. 25, fig. 1 1.) on which the legend, as given by Mr. Prinsep, 

 is OAYO BOY CAKANA. By a comparison of the two legends, 

 I am inclined to read them either as Aum Adi Buddha Sramana, or sim- 

 ply as Adi Buddha Sramana. The first letter, which Prinsep read as O, 

 has on this coin a turn to the left, which identifies it with the peculiar 

 flourish, which is found at the commencement of many ancient inscrip- 

 tions, and which is generally allowed to stand for the sacred unuttera- 

 ble syllable Aum. Of the letters to the left, the first four only are pre- 

 served upon the present coin : but they agree generally with those on 

 Mr. Prinsep's engraved specimen. The first letter on both is C, and 

 not A, as Professor Lassen has made it with some hesitation, and the 

 last two letters on Mr. Prinsep's coin are NA I consequently we have 

 altogether CAM AN A for Sramana, 'an ascetic,' which is a common 

 appellation of Buddha, and was well known to the Greeks as ZAP- 

 MAN02 or^EMNOS. 



No. 8. — A round copper coin, of large size, of good make, and in good 

 order. 



Obverse. A male figure mounted on an elephant, moving to the right. 

 Legend in corrupt Greek characters around the piece, PAO (vavo) PAO 

 KENOPANO « the King of kings, Kenorano." 



Reverse. A full length male figure, dressed in flowing garments ; with 

 the right hand raised, and the left hand resting on the hip. Behind his 

 shoulders a large lunar crescent. Legend to the right, MAO ■ the 

 Moon'; and to the left the usual Indo- Scythian monograph. 



