144 Dr. Hoernle— Bare Hindu and Muhammadan Goins. [No. 3, 
Plate VI, No. 16. Modern issue, which adopts the type of No. 13. 
Date 78. Weight 98 grains. 
Obv. n)UaJLvo jSJok 78 (in corrupt spelling), 
Bev. The usual legend etc., reduced to meaningless scrawls. 
VIII. South-Indian Coins. 
In November, 1896, I received 42 coins which had been found in 
the district of Angul in Orissa. My report on them is published in 
the April Proceedings for 1897. They consisted of 22 Bahmani silver 
coins and 20 gold pieces. It is the latter, of specimens of which I now 
publish facsimiles. Among the former there were no novelties, except¬ 
ing a slight new variety of the well-known type of Firuz Shah’s coin. 
The only difference in this variety is in the form of the ^ j in Firtiz’s 
title of Taju-d-din. In December, 1892, I received two more gold 
pieces, found on the banks of the river Brahmini in the Tributary 
State of Dhanakanal. See Proceedings for April, 1897. 
Of the 20 gold pieces from Angul, 18 have small gold loops 
attached, by which they were threaded on a piece of string, forming 
probably a small necklet. They are very small, thin pieces of gold, 
weighing, on the average, only 8 grains, though some weigh only 6'5 
grains. Eighteen of them, as well as the two pieces from Dhenkanal, 
are coins, “ locally (as I am informed) called boons.” In the Interna¬ 
tional Numismata Orient alia, Vol. I, “ Coins of Southern India,” by 
Sir Walter Elliot, there is one coin, No. 93 on Plate III, which bears 
some resemblance to the coins now described, but it is too imperfect for 
identification. 
The obverse of all these coins is alike. It shows the figure of a 
recumbent bull to the right, with the conch shell in front, and another 
emblem of varying form over the back. Only in one specimen, No. 28, 
the bull is turned to the left. The reverse also is alike, with the 
exception of one specimen. The usual type of the reverse shows a 
kind of irregular oblong quadrangle, between two indistinct symbols. 
Below the oblong are one or two numbers, and above it a short 
legend of (apparently) three aksaras. This legend is in some cases 
obliterated by the loop or worn away, though in most cases it may never 
have existed at all. It is not very distinct, and seems to read crigaga , 
the meaning of which I do not know. It can best be seen on Plate I, 
Nos. 22 and 29; also partially on No. 18. Its existence on Nos. 17, 19, 
20 and 21, etc., is doubtful. Nos. 17,18, 24,27, 28, 29, and 30 show different 
varieties of the symbol over the bull. The numbers under the bull 
are the following: 3 on No. 19, 4 on No. 20, 9 on No. 21, 13 on No. 18, 
