590 DESCRIPTION OF SELECT COINS. 



Rama Tankas are enumerated in the Rama Rdjd Charitra, amongst the 

 Coins paid to his troops by Rama, the last prince of Vijayanagar, and 

 they were no doubt coined under his government. It is not unlikely, as 

 Major Moor supposes, that these hollowed Coins were never generally 

 current, but were struck for particular occasions, as offerings to D eities 

 or distribution on festival occasions to the leading individuals of the 

 Royal Court. 



Plate IV. Figure 75. 

 A Gold Coin. 



Obverse. — Concave. The coronation of Rama as before : 

 characters below. 



Reverse. — Convex. Hanuman as before, but in a dif- 

 ferent attitude. 



This Coin is also copied from a drawing of a Coin made for Colonel 

 Mackenzie. It is the same as that figured by Major Moor, Plate 104, 

 No. 10: the characters are not precisely the same in the two plates, and 

 offer in neither a decypherable legend, although it might be guessed to 

 signify something like Sri Rdmachandrasya Sabhd. 



Plate IV. Figure 76. 

 A Gold Coin. 



Obverse. — Convex. Four figures, representing pro- 

 bably Rama, attended by his three brothers Lakshmana, 

 Bharata, and Satrughna. 



Reverse.— Concave. Rama and Sir a. seated, attended 

 by Hanuman and Lakshmana, the latter holding the impe- 

 rial Chattah over his brother's head. 



