1894.] V. A. Smith — History and Coinage of the Qupia Period. 193 
known, which are in the British Museum, have been repeatedly des¬ 
cribed and figured. 1 
Dr. Hoey has been fortunate enough to acquire a third specimen, 
(now, I am sorry to say, mislaid). This coin is (or was) in good, though 
not brilliant, condition, and the legend (without vowel marks) is quite 
distinct, ^ rlTWI, vijitavanir*avanipati Qri Tor am ana. 
The date is lost. 
Three interesting coins in Dr. Hoey’s cabinet, which are of the 
same type as the hemidraehms of Toramana and the Gfuptas, deserve 
notice. 
No. 1 . (PI. VI, fig. 13). Obv. Head to left, as in Toramana’s 
coins. Date, apparently in same era as Toramana’s, 54. 
Rev. Fantail Peacock device. Legend, with vowel marks 
vijitdvanir-avanipa. — The rest, including 
the king’s name, is, unfortunately, completely obliterated. 
This coin is probably one of Icjana Varman, (whose date, 
according to Cunningham, is circa A.D. 560). A speci¬ 
men of his coinage with the same date as Dr. Hoey’s coin 
is figured in Coins of Mediaeval India , PL ii, 12. Although 
the date is quite plain, Cunningham notes it as “not 
read.” This date in the unknown era for l^ana Varman 
is of importance, both for determining the close of Tora¬ 
mana’s reign in Magadha, and for fixing the era. 
No. 2. (PL VI, fig. 14). Obv. Head to left, as in No. 1, but the 
head differs. On this No. 2 coin, the king has a, hooked 
nose. Date, in same era, 58. 
Rev. Pantail Peacock device. Legend, with vowel marks, 
vijitdvanir^aviinl 
pati Qri Qarvva Varmyna deva jayati. 
These two coins are closely related to three coins in the Bri¬ 
tish Museum, concerning which nothing has been published except my 
brief remark ( Coinage , p. 136)—“ There are three similar [soil, to Tora- 
1 The references are 
Archaeological Survey of W. India (Thomas), Vol. II, p. 36, PL vii, 27, 28. 
This notice is reprinted in the volume entitled Records of the Gupta Dynasty (Trub- 
ner, 1876). 
Archaeological Survey of India (Cunningham), Vol. IX, p. 26, PI. v, 18, 19. 
Indian Antiquary, Vol. XVIII, p. 225 (Fleet). 
J. Roy. As. Soc. for 1889 (V. A. Smith), p. 136. 
Trans, of Intern. Congress of Orientalists (Cunningham), London, 1893, Vol. I, 
pp. 228, 229 Coins of Mediaeval India (Cunningham), p. 20, PI. ii, 11. The author 
repeats the old error of reading deva janita for divo jayati . 
