1890.] 
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puncli-marlced coins of Hindustan, Sfc. 
“Bode, caper, vitem ! tamen hino, cntn stabia ad aram 
In tna quod spargi cornua posait orit.” 
Indian goats display two types of horn, a straight horn of the 
‘ markhor ’ type (^Oapra Falconeri), and a curved horn like that of the 
Nilghiri ‘wild sheep’ of sportsmen. (Hemitragus hylocrinm). The 
peculiar round ears, may be intended to represent an artificial shape, 
imparted to them as a mark of ownership, as to this day goats’ ears are 
sometimes cut for that purpose. Specimens exist in the British Museum 
and in my own collection. 
43. A Kid. Fig. 22. 
There seems no reasonable doubt that this animal is intended for 
the young of the goat placed above it on the coin, the youthful look of 
the kid being well conveyed, and its ears being of the same conventional 
shape as those already described of fig. 20. It is probable therefore 
that two distinct ‘ punches ’ were employed, the ‘ kid ’ being struck 
wherever room was available for it. The coin is in my possession and 
I have noticed only I think another example in the British Museum. 
44. The Civet-cat, {Viverra zibetlia. The ‘ Autos ’ of India) . Fig. 27. 
This is probably one of the animals which Thomas calls a “ leo- 
pard,” which animal I have failed to recognise on the coins, at least 
with any certainty. The animal occurs several times and in all the 
better preserved samples, it is represented with a lengthened snout 
quite unlike the rounded face of any feline animal. The ears too are 
rounded, patulous and connivont quite unlike those of the dog, but on 
the whole, imparting to the elongated head the appearance of the civet- 
cat. On some coins a small animal with long ears, is introduced just 
in front of the nose of the civet-cat, whose action seems to be arrested, 
and to represent that animal as seizing the hare, or as pausing in the 
act of scenting it. If we suppose the hare to be a foolish young leveret, 
there is not too much disparity of size between it, and the large civet- 
cat of India which in my opinion the larger animal is intended to re- 
present. 
45. A Panther (?) Fig. 19. 
This animal has not been noticed by me on any of these coins 
One of the animals so called by Thomas (fig. 20) is undoubtedly a goat 
and possesses horns ! The other (fig. 19) so regarded by Thomas is pro- 
bably a ‘ hatas ’. 
46. A ‘ gharial ’ seizing a ‘ hilsa.’ Fig. 30. 
The first and second objects figured by Thomas Num. orient, 1. c.. 
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