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Rao’s coinage. On the other hand, the silver coins, Nos. 6-9, show 
the usnal imperial obverse legend The reverse marks 
are, from right to left: a spear-liead, a snake with jl above and 
23 below, and an angular trident. Nos. 10a and 106, 11a and 116, 
supplement one another. 
(12) This is a copper paisa of Jiyaji Rao. The date 1926 
(Samvat) = 1869 A.D. is on both sides. The legends are abbrevia¬ 
ted: obv., for Jiyaji Rao; rev. 37 a. 6a. for Alijd Bahadur. 
Mr. Rodgers reverses the position of the obverse and reverse, and in his 
Lahore Museum Catalogue, Part IV, p. 66 (No. 4), where he gives it 
among Miscellaneous Indian Copper Coins, he ascribes it to “ Ambaji 
of Gwaliar.” On the other hand, in his Indian Museum Catalogue, Part 
II, p. 184 (No. 12277), he describes it as an Ujain coin. Ambaji, as 
Mr. Maries informs me, was a great chief in Gvaliyar during the time 
of Madh5 Rao I. The coin, therefore, clearly cannot be ascribed to 
him. Marks: obv., a cobra between a trident (to left) and spear 
(to right): rev., a trident between two sprigs. Each side has two 
concentric marginal circles with dots between. 
(13a, 136 and 14) A rupee, a four-anna and a two-anna piece of 
Madho Rao II. Mint: Gvaliyar. No date. Marks : very similar to 
those of Nos. 6-9, but Maharaja’s initials ?TT md instead of 
(15) This copper piece is said to be a coin of Gvaliyar. It shows 
the characteristic trident on the obverse; but the flag on the reverse 
is, I believe, not otherwise known as a Gvaliyar mark. 
For another coin, which may be one of Gvaliyar, see below, Plate 
XXXIV, No. 73. 
With regard to Gvaliyar I may mention here an interesting 
fact, with which Mr. Maries has acquainted me. He writes that “ a 
gold coin, called a putalz , is given as a nazr on darbar days to the 
Maharaja in darbar, and it is rather curious, as it is evidently an 
imitation of an old Venetian coin. Why and when it was first used 
for this purpose, I cannot make out. This coin is also used both in 
Gvaliyar and Baroda, for decorations for horses and elephants. One 
horse I saw with five strings of them round his shoulders and neck. 
There must have been some hundreds of coins. These trappings are 
used on procession days, particularly at Dasahra.” A specimen of 
this putall has been shown to me. It is the well-known Venetian ducate, 
showing on the obverse the standing figure of Christ, enclosed within an 
almond-shaped arrangement of stars. On the reverse is seen the Doge 
kneeling in front of the standing figure of St. Mark, with the staff between 
them. The marginal legends on both sides are barely legible. The obverse 
has (right-side, top) SIT . T . XPE . DAT . V . TV (left) REGISISTE . 
