i897.] V. A. Smith —Numismatic Notes and Novelties. 7 
get Cunningham’s reading out of the letters. Dr. Stein suggests 
Tunjlna, which was another name of Ranaditya, to whom Cunningham 
(Cows of Med. India , p. 39) assigns the approximate date A. D. 580. 
I cannot read the conjunct character with certainty. 
These coins differ widely from the coins of Toramana (Coins of Med . 
India , PL III, 2), on which the king is depicted as wearing frilled 
breeches, and the reverse differs considerably in detail. The general 
appearance of the Toramana coins is quite different. The contrast is 
much more conspicuous, when the original coins are examined than 
it is in the plate. 
X. 
Narendra. 
Wheel type. 
Copper, thin, diameter ‘92. Wt. 50’5 gr. [Rawlins.] 
Obv. Sassanian bust to r., with legend in front of face, 
jayatu <frl Narendra (imperfect in this specimen). 
Rev. Ornamental wheel or sun with border occupying whole surface. 
The commoner type of Narendra’s coins has a Sassanian fire-altar 
with attendants on reverse (Cunningham, Num. Chron. for 1894, p. 286, 
PI 
IX 
XI 
, 12 ). 
Cunningham had 9 specimens of that type, and Mr. 
Rawlins has a fine one. Cunningham notes that “ a poor specimen 
with the king’s head has an ornamental wheel on reverse,” but he does 
not figure this wheel type. The reverse of the specimen now figured, 
the best of four belonging to Mr. Rawlins, is in good condition. Mr. 
Rawlins has a fifth specimen in poor condition, with the king’s bust to 1. 
XI. Mihirakula. 
Copper, moderately thick, diameter *95. Wt. 104 gr. [Rawlins.] 
Obv. King standing to front, dressed in Kusan style, and holding trident in 
r. hand. Legend on 1. margin, Sahi ; on r. margin Mihircikula y 
the first two characters of the name being indistinct. 
Rev. Blurred and indistinct representation of horseman to r. with his r. arm 
raised. Probably double-struck on a * seated Laksmi 5 device. 
The -hula form of the name is here, as in many other instances, 
associated with the prefix Sahi. Fleet and Cunningham were mistaken 
in supposing that the -gula form of the name is always associated with 
the prefix Sahi, and the -hula form with the prefix Cri. 
This coin now published differs both in obv. and rev. from any coin 
previously known. The style of the obverse recalls that of the large 
Yaudheya coins. 
