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punch-marTced coins of Hindustan, ^’c. 
75. A EUDE Celtic ceoss (?) Fig. 206. 
I have seen no specimen ■which clearly sho'ws ■what this is intended 
for, but it recalls in general appearance a rude stone cross of Celtic de- 
sign, and with the proofs before us of the occurrence of ornamentation 
on Celtic crosses identical with symbols found on these coins, the idea of 
the prototype of a Celtic cross being also found on them is not so ex- 
travagant as it might at first sight seem to be. 
76. An almond-shaped lozenge, within a similae aeea. Fig. 198. 
This ‘ almond ’ on Assyrian gems is understood to stand as the 
emblem of Ishtar. In more modern times it came to be called ‘ vesica- 
piscis,’ and is the well-known shape used for medals of the Virgin Mary. 
(See Inman, Ancient Faith embodied in ancient names sub voce, ‘Cha- 
suble).’ 
77. No. 27 with ovals between the ‘ Chatras.’ 
This is a mere variant of fig. 92. 
78. A teee, seemingly enclosed below. Fig. 73. 
This very peculiar symbol is not very rare, though it is far from 
clear what is intended by it. The basal portion looks like a box or 
enclosure, from each side of which a tree seems to shoot up, the right 
hand branch being taller than that on the left, and both ending in stiff 
cross twigs or shoots. 
79. A TEEE, OP A PECDLIAE BOTTLE SHAPE. Fig. 80. 
80. A BEANCH IN AN ALMOND-SHAPED LOZENGE. Fig. 82. 
81. A BEANCH IN A CIECULAE AEEA. Fig. 85. 
82. A PILLAE ON AN EMINENCE. A “ Gilgal.” Fig. 211. 
It is curious to find on these coins an emblem so widely spread as 
the ‘ Gilgal,’ (The sun’s heap of stones’). The pillar* is of course a 
solar emblem, or one dedicated to ‘ Sivaism,’ and the heap of stones is 
accumulated round it by every passing traveller doing reverence by 
contributing a stone to the existing collection. 
* For full particulars regarding ‘Qilgals’ whether in India Canaan, or Europe, 
reference may be made suh voce to Inman’s ‘ Ancient Faiths embodied in ancient 
names’ or Colonel Forbes Leslie’s 'Early Races of Scotland, 
