DESCRIPTION OF SELECT COINS. 567 



Reverse. — Female figure seated on a throne or bed, 

 with a foot-stool : there are characters 4UTI* on her right, 

 which correspond with some recognised as ancient Ndgari, — ■ 

 thus the two first occur as "^ and ^n\ The whole is, however, 

 too broken to allow of a complete word being formed. The 

 upper marks on the left hand appear to be the lower part of 

 the lozenge symbol. 



The relation of this Coin to the preceding is not altogether decided, 

 but it is evidently allied to Nos. 7 and 13, in which we have the symbol 

 characteristic of the series, and is unquestionably Hindu. 



The engraving is from a drawing in the possession of the Society, from 

 an original said to be in the possession of Colonel Grace. 



Plate I. Figure 6. 

 A Gold Coin. 



Obverse.' — A male figure with high cap, halo, fillets on 

 the head, and the person arrayed in a tunic and trowsers : 

 with his right hand he appears to be offering incense on a 

 fire-altar, and above the arm is a trisul or trident : the left 

 arm appears to hold a spear, whilst a sword hangs from his 

 waist. 



Reverse. — A female figure seated on a throne with a 

 back, or the supporters of a canopy : her body is naked 

 above, but clothed below the waist : her feet rest on a cushion : 

 the right arm is extended : the left appears to hold a sort of 

 cornucopeia, but the execution is indistinct : on the left are 

 characters which resemble some of those on other Coins : on 



