1897.] V. A. Smith.— Numismatic Notes and Novelties. 3 
The throne, or state chair, was a foreigu innovation. A cross- 
legged attitude is that natural to a native of India. 
Y. HUVI!SKA. 
Copper, diameter *8. Wt. 51 gr. [Rawlins.] 
Obv. King squatted cross-legged (G- obverse of Cunningliam, Num. Chron. for 
1892, PI. _L X _ \ as in B. M. Cat., PI. XXIX, 6. Legend lost. 
XIX, / 
iRev. Goddess (Laksmi or Ardokhso), pa lotus .seat, with remains of Sanskrit 
legend in Brahml (Nagari) characters round margin. The syllables yapra are 
legible on right margin. 
The coin is interesting both for the device and legend of the reverse, 
which have not been met with before in connection with any of the 
obverse devices used by Huviska. The B. M. coins with similar obverse 
have a standing deity on the reverse. No coin of Huviska with a 
legend in Brahml letters has previously been discovered. 
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VI. 1 Huviska. 
Large copper, diameter 11. Wt. 195 gr. [Rawlins.] 
Obv. Elephant rider. Legend lost. 
Rev. A tall male figure (? Hercules) to r, resting with r. hand ,on (?) club, and 
grasping with 1. hand the tip of a bow, standing on end with the string turned 
inwards. 
Behind figure a trident, and outside bow on r. margin an imperfect legend in 
Nagarl (Brahmi) characters, which look like ganaga, or gataga. 
A very curious coin, the reverse device being quite unknown in the 
Huviska series. It became a favourite obverse devipe in the Gupta 
coinage. The unread legend is also remarkable. 
III. 
LATER GREAT KTJSANS. 
In the Numismatic Chronicle for 1893, Cunningham discusses the 
coinage of the Later Great Kusans, as if it were an exclusively gold 
coinage. 
1 [Another specimen of this coin exists in the Indian Museum Collection in 
Calcutta. See Ind. Mas. Cat., Yol. IY, p. 47, No. 13339, and plate 1Y. Unfortu¬ 
nately the photographs of both coins are nearly unrecognizable. The Calcutta 
specimen is the better one. The obverse very closely resembles that of No. 2 on 
Plate XXIX of the British Museum Catalogue. It shows the letters NOPA (of the 
legend Tcenorano) in exactly the same position as on the B. M. C. specimen The 
letters on the reverse are distinct enough, and are either garahha or gadakha. Mr. 
Rodgers’ reading is quite wrong; there are only three letters. The figure on the 
reverse seems to be three-headed, and to represent Qiva. I can see no “ trident 
behind figure,” but there is a monogram in the field, above the proper right arm 
of the figure, not clearly recognizable, but may be Huviska’s four-pronged emblem, 
Ed..] 
