1890.] 
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punch-marked coins of Hindustan, ^c. 
170. A Tree or branch with fruit. Fig. 84. 
A somewhat similar mode of representing fruit is seen on some 
sculptured stones in Scotland. 
171. Six dots in a parallelogram. Fig. 124. 
172. Mystic SYMBOL of Delphi. Fig. 195. 
This symbol was inscribed over the entrance to the shrine at Delphi 
and its significance is unknown. There was an upright stroke in front 
of it, and some have thought it a symbol of the male triad and female 
unit, but this is far from certain. Its occurrence, however, on an Indian 
coin is a curious circumstance that can hardly be considered accidental. 
It may be objected that it is nothing more than the Greek E ; but why 
should this letter appear on a coin probably anterior to the Greek inva- 
sion ? Moreover, although Greek letters are common on Greek coins, the 
present symbol is the only one on those coins that can be construed as a 
Greek letter, and I prefer therefore to regard it, not as a letter, but a 
copy of the Delphic symbol, whatever that may stand for. 
173. A Horse. 
This is on a large square copper coin, probably from Eran, and as 
previously stated, of a later period than the bulk of these coins. The 
horse is in a spirited attitude with one of the fore-feet uplifted, as if 
stamping or pawing. 
174. Goat AND Vine. 
There are two or three coins with the symbol figured by Thomas on 
them, but these specimens prove the animal is a goat possessed of horn.s 
and not a ‘ panther ’ as Thomas avers. In the best specimens, symbol 
No. 329 is seen over the goat’s back. 
175. Taurine’ and a square within a rectangular area. Fig. 168. 
176. A ‘ Stupa,’ beneath a mound. Fig. 46. 
This symbol seems to represent the primitive ideal of a ‘ Stupa ’ 
composed of three chambers or cinerary receptacles, beneath a hemis- 
pherical mound or ‘ tumulus,’ and there seems no alternative supposition 
for the semicircular line enclosing it above, other than that it represents 
the earth heaped above over the dead, such as the Greek army erected 
over the ashes of Thetis’ son — 
d/cTp cTTt Trpov^ovar], cttI TrAarct ’EAXTyuTrovro), 
cos K(v TijAccjbttv'T/s ix TTOFTO^tv dvSpd<xiv fh] 
Tois, 01 Fvv yryuaut Kal oi p.iTorrurBtv tcrovrai. 
