jan. — mar. 1858.] Numismatic Gleanings. 229 



preceding specimens, are too small to allow of their import being 

 recognized. 



Figs. 5j to 27 belong to the second description of punch-coins. 

 They are of various weights ranging from grains 40 to 55. The 

 first only, fig. 5 J, is of copper and weighs grains 51*45. The leSt 

 are all of silver and their weights as follows : 



Figs. 6 and 16 grs. 41.4 Figs. 23 grs. 48 9 



9 



41,95 



n 



49.8 



24 



45. 



13 bis 49.85* 



13* 



45.4 



21 



50.226 



22 



46.35 



10 



50.75 



19 



47. 



■ 26 



50.8 



18 



47.1 



11 



51.65 



25 



47.2 



7 



52.4 



15 



47.45 



12 



52.8 



27 



48.1 



8 



52.9 



20 



48.24 



10, 



54.2 



The most common symbols are those of animals. Thus the ele- 

 phant occurs on figs. 8, 12, 13 (on both sides), 14 (twice), 15, 

 17, 18, 21,27. 



A dog, always in the same form, with his forelegs half crouching, 

 as if in play, is found on figs. 8, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 18, 20, 

 21,26. 



The figure of a bull is impressed on figs. 17 and 20. 



Fish occur in many forms as in figs. 6 and 10, where they 

 appear to be fixed on skewers ; in figs. 22 and 23 a fish appears to 

 be associated with a serpent or eel ; in figs. 24 and 25 a large fish 

 is in the act of swallowing a small one, and in fig. 24 the fish is 

 pierced with several transverse rods. 



The fish has always been a celebrated symbol in the south. It 

 was the ensign of the Pandyan dynasty who are thence called M'ma- 

 vars and their standard the Minkodi. It also occurs on Buddhist 

 seals. 



* By a mistake of the engraver these though distinct have been numbered as 

 one coin. 



