IN SOUTHERN IXDIA, 
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" this money will not pass at Surat nor in any part of the 
Great Moghal's dominions, or in any of the territories of 
the Indian kings ; only it passes among the English in their 
fort and some two or three leagues up in the country a,nd 
in the villages along the coast." To most of his coins there 
is no need to allude, as they were neither minted for circu- 
lation in this Presidency, nor, as far as I am aware, have 
any specimens ever been discovered here. There is, how- 
ever, one notable exception, which I have figured as No. 55. 
This coin, which occurs in two sizes (weighing respectively 
25 and 12| grs.), is thus described by Mr. E. Thomas 
in a paper in the Indian Antiquary for November 1882 : — 
" Obverse, — two linked C's (the monogram of Charles II) 
with two or three dots at the sides. Reverse— the ordinary 
standing figure of the Indian god (Vishnu ?)." It has 
usually been attributed to the Bombay mint, though for the 
following reasons I am inclined to think it more probable 
that it is an issue of Madras, coined during Charles' reign. 
In the first place the type of coin connects it with the design 
imposed by the Vijeyanagar king on the Madras mint ; 
secondly, it differs entirely from all the known issues struck 
at the time in Bombay ; thirdly, it fits in with the Hindu 
system of the south ; and, lastly, it is occasionally met with 
in this Presidency, while from inquiries I have made from 
collectors in Bombay, I find that it is rarely if ever found 
there. At the same time, or shortly after, Madras also 
minted the " star " pagoda. Here too the same figure 
was preserved, but on the granulated surface was a five- 
pointed star, whence its popular name. 
PI. IV, No. 56. ^ f^^ Ai. . , . . 
it was loilowed by a series of coins m 
which the same figure was preserved on the obverse, but 
surrounded by a scroll, on which the value of the coin was 
inscribed in Tamil and Telugu, while on the reverse appears 
the '* gopura " or entrance porch of a temple, designed perhaps 
to keep up its reputation as a " pagoda." A number of stars 
