562 DESCRIPTION OF SELECT COINS. 



latter have been selected for the accompanying remarks ; whilst for tfye 

 drawings of the rest, as well as of a few Coins in his own possession and 

 in mine, the Society is indebted to our associate Mr. James Prinsep. The 

 results of these joint researches I shall now proceed to particularise. 



Plate I. Figure 1. 

 A Gold Coin. 



Obverse. — The upper half of a male figure in a close 

 or mailed vest with sleeves. On the head is a cap or 

 helmet with flaps covering the ears, and fillets projecting 

 behind. The right hand holds a mace or sceptre ; the face 

 has mustachios but no beard — round the margin are the fol- 

 lowing characters. -\%j r*Qri Q$Vit/v(f UK&X LkUi'w 

 These bear a strong resemblance in several instances to Greek ; 

 but do not, as far as I am able to ascertain, form any legible 

 inscription: some of them resemble the characters on the 

 staff of Feroz Shah, at Delhi', and on other columns. 



Reverse. — A seated figure, the upper part of the body 

 naked, the lower clothed in the common Hindu Dhoti. The 

 head wears a helmet ; one hand rests against the side, the 

 other is extended and holds what appears to be a ring or 

 discus: from the shoulders rise what may be intended 

 either for two other arms or for a halo : the feet rest on a 

 footstool and the legs of the seat or throne are those of an 

 animal. On the left of the figure is an emblem or Mono- 



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gram, a sort of key, the handle apparently incomplete, t S* 



and four wards. There are also characters like those on the 

 obverse, but less distinct. 14 ©w H t\ o (V <\ 



