566 DESCRIPTION OF SELECT COINS. 



epigraphe is in characters like those of the preceding in most 

 respects, or ©^ondH^psr 0»*« qopoi*%oy . 



Reverse. — A figure, apparently female, in front of a bull : 

 the right arm is extended, and has an oval band apparently 

 attached to the wrist : the left arm supports a trident : above 



the right occurs a similar symbol as before, w but with a 

 lozenge handle and cross bar : there are these characters on 

 the left margin, ©£jk|0 . 



These Coins are connected by the costume of the figure on the obverse, 

 the characters and the symbol with the two preceding : the reverse is 

 decidedly Hindu : the two characters in the middle may be forms of ^ and 

 xf, or they may represent the figures w fifteen. The pieces in the Society's 

 possession, were part of a number in the Mackenzie Cabinet, and by their 

 freshness, as well as by their identity, appear to have been recently fabri- 

 cated from the same die. What their history is, has not been ascertained^ 

 but they were probably multiplied at Colonel Mackenzie's expence, from 

 some common original which he considered of great curiosity. 



Plate I. Figure 5. 



Obverse. — A male figure, with a crown or a wreath on 

 his head, also surrounded by a halo : he wears a short tunic 

 with skirts and trows ers : his left hand inverted holds the 

 bottom of what appears to be a trophy or standard : his right 

 holds a spear, or another trophy or banner : there are charac- 

 ters on the right, which offer some analogy to those found in 

 ancient Ndgari inscriptions, and the upper row might be 

 conjectured to form the syllable Sri. 



