DESCRIPTION OF SELECT COINS. 595 



This is also a Vijayanagar Hun, or Praldpa, from the title Sri Pratapa. 

 It is copied from a drawing belonging to Colonel Mackenzie. 



Plate IV. Figure 90. 



A Gold Coin. 



Reverse. — A figure standing on an animal, said to be 

 Vishnu on a lion, typical of the Narasinha Avatdr. 



Obverse. — Characters which, by Colonel Mackenzie's 

 Pundits, were asserted to be Hala Canara, expressing the 

 name Narasinha, or Sri Vir a Narasinha Deva, Raja of 

 Vijayanagar, at the end of the 15th century. 



Plate IV. Figure 91. 

 A Gold Coin. 



Obverse. — A figure seated. 



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Reverse. — Characters undecypherable, with an orna- 

 mented border. 



The plate is taken from a drawing belonging to Colonel Macken- 

 zie : it is probably of the Vijayanagar or late currency. 



Plate IV. Figures 92, 93, 94, and 95. 

 Gold Coins. 



Obverse. — A double-headed figure of Garura, holding 

 an elephant in each beak and each claw. 



Reverse. — A legend in which the first part is clearly 

 enough ^t>Tom Sri Pratapa : the following letters are less 

 distinct, but are apparently intended for ^\X TT*J 



