8 Y. A. Smith— Numismatic Notes and Novelties . [No. 1, 
V. 
COINS OF PATHANKOT (ODUMBARA.) 
XII. Thin copper, circular ; diameter '65. Wt. 27 gr. [Rawlins.] 
1. ObV. Building, with railing at foot, and high roof with projecting eaves, 
apparently of thatch, supported on four pillars. Legend to 1. in large early charac¬ 
ters in relief, purusa, but the third character is doubtful, as there is no cross- 
bar. 
Rev. Tree with horizontal branches ( ? deodar) in railing, with snake below. 
XIII. Weight 34 gr. [Rawlins.] 
2. Obv. Building similar to that of No. 1, but with six pillars, and the coin 
being in somewhat more perfect condition, the long spike on the top of the roof is 
visible. The legend differs. It looks like [ ? ] ?jrf^TT. q [ bha ] yu ta jd. pa. 
The pictures of buildings on these coins obviously connect them 
with the rare coins from Patliankot bearing the legend Odumbara , 
which have been described by Cunningham. Two silver coins of the 
series are known, and are hemidrachms related to and associated with 
the hemidrachms of Zoilus. The one figured in Coins of Ancient India , 
PI. IV, I, has the Kharostln legend Mahadevasa rajha Dhara Ghosasa 
Odumbarisa , and across field Visvamitra. 
Cunningham’s specimen was found in the Patliankot District; the 
other specimen (said by him to be in the Lahore Museum), was found 
near Juala Mukhi, in company with 3 silver pieces of the Kunindas, 
and 28 Philopator hemidrachms of Apollodotus II. The date is thus 
indicated as being approximately B. C. 100—A. D. 100. 
The seven copper pieces known to Cunningham were all found at 
Patliankot. Their legend is also in Kharostln, and includes the word 
OdumbaraI 
Rodgers describes seven similar coins from Patliankot as in his collec- 
tion, which is now in the Lahore Museum ( Catal. of Lahore Museum Coins , 
Part III, p. 151,) and notes that “ there are many other coins from 
Patliankot in the collection, but they are mostly fragmentary and illegi¬ 
ble.” 
He does not give readings of the imperfect legends on the coins 
catalogued. I presume they are in Kharostln characters. All these coins, 
like Cunningham’s, are square or oblong. The weights range from 20 
to 32 grains. 
1 Cunningham variously states the number of these coins as 5 ( Coins of Ancient 
India, p. 67); as 6 ( Reports , Yol. v, p. 154); and as 7 ( Coins of Ancient India, loc. 
cit. and Reports, Yol. xiv, p. 136). They were found along with coins of Zoilus, 
Yonones, Gondophares, Kaui?ka, and Huviska. 
