192 W. TlicobaU — on sume of the syvihoh found on the [No. 3, 
female principle. One very remarkable variant, fig'. 276, occurs on a 
stone at Elgin (S. S. S. Vol. I, PI. XVI, fig. 2.) In tins the ‘ triml’ 
is replaced by a ‘ crescent ’ (an emblem it may be remarked worn by 
‘MaJmdev’) above an owl-head symbol, but the remarkable thing 
about it is, that it is almost identical with an object borne in the hands 
of two of the principal figures, (seemingly a King and Queen) on some 
Hittite sculptures at Roghaz-keni in Cappadocia, described in Nature 
(March, I8&8, p. 513) only on the Hittite emblem the owl-head is above 
and the crescent or V shaped substitute, below. Fig. 258. 
Symbol 277 is from a stone at Dunfallaudy, Perthshire, (S. S. S. 
Vol. I, PI. XLVII.) There is at first sight a temptation to identify 
it with No. 57, (fig. 119,) but this I am disinclined to do, as I think it 
is not unlikely that it represents rather an ‘ anvil ’ of iron, such as in 
India, goldsmiths use, fixed in a block of wood. This is rendered tho 
more probable as on tho loft of it is a hammei’, and on the other side 
a pair of tongs such as a smith would use, and I merely quote it to show 
that mere similai-ity is not sufficient (other considerations apart) to 
establish identity in every instance. Each case must bo weighed and 
decided on its own merits — and in this case we have a clear instance of 
tho special tools of a man’s trade being introduced in a group, and an 
instance also of a striking similarity of some tools then used in Scotland 
to those still in use in tho far East. 
I will now proceed to enumerate the various symbols which have 
occurred to mo on the punch-marked coins that have come under my 
observation, but the coins are so very numerous throughout India 
(albeit neglected by most collectors) that I have little doubt that 
many more symbols will eventually be recorded. The present list 
therefore I only regard as the nucleus for a more exhaustive record so 
these coins and their various symbols, which may exist in collections 
not accessible to me, or may yet bo discovered from time to time in 
India. For purposes of classification tho symbols may bo conveniently 
divided into six classes as below. 
Class I. 
Tho human figure. 
This class of symbols, is small and inconspicuous on the 
coins, and I include therein such mythical forms as fio-. 
8 which is probably intended for Agni and fig. 3 which 
appears to have five heads. 
Class II. 
Implements, arms and works of man. 
Under this head falls tho ‘ stupa,’ with its numerous vari- 
ants, the bow and arrow, the ‘ steelyard ’ and the differ- 
