238 W. Theobald — Notes on some of the symbols found on the [No. 3, 
objects on these three coins, (as well as on many others) as ‘ fish,’ as they 
boar considerable resemblance to that modification of the ‘ Taurine 
symbol, effected by adding lateral appendages, resembling fins. 
This symbol is figured by Sir Walter Elliot in his article on the coins 
of Southern India, in Nnmismata Orientalia, Plate II, fig. 64 where the coin 
is erroneously recorded as of gold. The coin has subsequently been 
figured and described by Dr. Codrington in the Bombay Branch Royal 
Asiatic Society. It is essentially the symbol of Taurus, (symbol 3 of 
this paper) with the addition on each side of two quasi-legs, or fins. 
Dr. Codrington ingeniously, and in my opinion correctly, identifies it with 
one of the masks used in a Buddhist Mystic Play figured in J. A. S. 
Ben. Vol. XXIV, fig. 8, by Capt. H. H. Godwin-Austen. The figures arc 
photographs by Capt. Melville, and the mask in question represents a 
Bull’s or Yak’s head, with two short ears at the base of the horns. In 
the small symbols on the coins, these ears seem to be reproduced by two 
short strokes, having the appearance of short legs, or fins, but by means 
of the link afforded by Dr. Codrington’s coin from Wai, some of these 
‘ fish ’ symbols may be with equal probability assumed to be mere variants 
of the simpler and more frequently used ‘ Taurine ’ No. 3. 
146. A Sphere between two ‘ Taurines’ in a rectangular area. 
Fig. 169. 
147. A Palm tree, perhaps. Fig. 65. 
148. The ‘ Pentagram ’ or Wizard’s foot. Fig. 194. 
. This is the symbol which Mophistophiles, (in Goethe’s matchless 
drama) declares his inability to pass over. As a mystic symbol of the 
Trinity it was hold to be all powerful in coercing demons in mediaival 
times. It is a five-pointed star composed of three equal and similar tri- 
angles which intersect each other. 
149. Seven dots or Spheres within a Hexagon. Fig. 155. 
A planetary symbol no doubt. 
150. A CIRCLE SURROUNDED BY NINE SPHERES WITH A CENTRAL ONE. 
Fig. 156. 
151. Rhomboidal symbol in an oval area, Fig. 190. 
152. Perhaps a rudely designed squatting figure. Fig. 213. 
