282 



Numismatic Gleanings. [no. 6, new series, 



periphery. The intermediate symbols are likewise imperfect, but 

 are probably the same as those which will be afterwards described 

 as frequent in this kind of coin resembling the letter ^ Rev. plain. 



The weapon occurring with the legend on two of our specimens 

 is a bow, on a third a fork. Professor Wilson has figured two 

 from drawings in the Mackenzie collection,* 1 one of which has a 

 sword, the other a mace. The legends which are more perfect in 

 his figures, he reads Sri Sri Mahadeva, but this version does not 

 correspond with the drawing. On our exemplars the words appear 

 to be Sri-rdma. In neither case do they afford evidence of origin. 



They were obtained from Banawassi in the province of Soonda, 

 and weigh from grains 57*55 to 58-3. Colonel Mackenzie's are 

 noted on the drawings as from Tripati and Honaver, but Professor 

 "Wilson believes them to be identical with those entered in the ca- 

 talogue under the name of " kamala mudras from Banawassi." 



Figs. 30, 31, see below. 



Fig. 32, obverse : central or normal symbol nearly obliterated, 

 on one side a vase with a ball resting on its mouth which may refer 

 to the hama-humbha or vase of desire, the Hindu cornucopia, a 

 common emblem on Buddhist coins and sculptures ; opposite to it 

 the letters £>2od5o which in modern Telugu reads vijaya ; in the in- 

 termediate spaces a scroll like the Telugu letter ^ with the tail 

 prolonged so as to pass twice round the letter itself or it may be 



Reverse plain ; with a single indentation or fixing-point ? near 

 the edge. 



From the western coast : weight grains 58*2. 



Fig. 33. Obverse : although in good preservation, and the im- 

 pression sharp, it is difficult to discover what the symbols refer to. 

 The normal design presents a number of dots over the whole sur- 

 face, some larger, some smaller. In one specimen they may almost 

 be taken for rude representations of four sinhds or lions. Some 

 of them are cut by the lateral stamp?, one of which contains imper- 

 fect Telugu letters of antique form, too indistinct to be read ; the 



* Asiatic Researches, Vol. XVII. p. 594, PI. iv Figs. 88, 89. 



