592 DESCRIPTION OF SELECT COINS. 



Reverse. — An inscription in Deva Nagari ^t cfhc^T 

 ^WItT^ ^qf \W%, Sri vira vara Purushottama Deva, 1534. 



This Coin is the most satisfactory one in our whole series, specifying 

 the prince and date. Purushottama Deva was Raja of Orissa from 

 A. D. 1478 to 1503, and the Samvat year 1534 corresponds with the year 

 of his accession. 



The engraving is taken from the drawing of a Coin in the possession 

 of the late Mr. Seymour. 



Plate IV. Figure 80. 

 A Gold Coin. 



Obverse. — Dots. 



Reverse. — Part of an inscription, of which the last part 

 is TT*I Raya, so that it is most probably a Coin of some one 

 of the Vijayanagar princes, who commonly bore that title, or 

 it may be a Coin of Deva Raya, who ruled over that princi- 

 pality about 1430. 



It is copied from a drawing belonging to Colonel Mackenzie. 



Plate IV. Figure 81. 

 A Gold Coin. 



Obverse. — Four fish. 



Reverse. — An inscription in square characters. 



This is copied from a drawing in the Mackenzie Collection, and 

 taken probably from one of those described by Major Moor, who calls 



