199 
1894.] V. A. Smith — History and Coinage of the Gupta Period. 
No. 4. Ohv. Standing king to left, sacrificing at altar with right 
hand, resting on spear with left arm. Legend on left 
margin illegible. 
Rev. LaksmI seated. The only legible letters are ^ ram , on 
right margin. Weight 98. 
This coin is evidently of comparatively early date, and may belong 
to the White Hnn Toramana. 
The fifth coin is similar in type to the last. Mr. Rodgers reads Tdra- 
mdna on left obverse margin, bnt this legend was not fully legible on the 
specimen submitted to me. The only letter visible on the reverse is y , 
probably part of jaya. The form of the y is early. 
I am doubtful to whom to ascribe this piece. 
Cunningham’s notices of the copper coinage of Toramana, the 
White Hun, are unfortunately very brief. They are as follows : — 
“ The small copper coins attributed to Toramana are found both in 
the Panjab and in the country between the Satlaj and Jamna. 
“ Their attribution is based on the type of the sun with the abbre¬ 
viated name of Tora in large letters. 
“ The same sun-type is found on the copper coins of Mihirakula, of 
which a few specimens show the bull struck over the solar emblem.” 1 
“ There is also a small class of copper coins which I would assign 
to Toramana Jabula. 
“ They bear a king’s head of Sassanian aspect on the obverse and 
a chakra , or sun-wheel, on the reverse , with the Indian legend Tora in 
bold letters. 
“ The same legend is found on some of the smaller silver coins, with 
the name of Zoboa, or Jabula .v. I observe that the peculiar symbol, 
which is rarely absent from any of the broad silver coins of these 
Eplithalite kings, does not appear on any of their undoubted Indian 
coins which are found in the Eastern Panjab and Rajputana.” 2 
These passages do not make it clear whether or not the learned 
author attributed to Toramana Jabula any coins other than those with 
the Sassanian head on the obverse. 
I have shown above that the sun symbol occurs on several types of 
Tora coins. 
Other variations of the Standing King obverse, combined with a 
solar reverse, and characters of rather late type, which may be read as 
Qrl Tora , will be found engraved in Plate xxxiv., 17, 18 of Thomas’ 
sheets were passing through the press. It is a reprint of the paper in the Transac¬ 
tions, with plates and a catalogue of coins added. 
1 Trans., p. 229. 
J. i. 26 
2 Ibid., p. 237. 
