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[No. 2, 
W. Theobald— Karsliapana Coinage. 
Cunningham in his paper on the coins of the Kushaus (Nam. Chron. 
Vol, XU, PI. IX), figures and describes four types of the Obverses of 
the gold coins of Huvishka, A. B. C. B. My collection contains speci¬ 
mens of B and C , only, but it also contains two specimens of the type 
described by Thomas, with horns on the helmet of the King, which is 
unnoticed in the other works quoted, though I make little doubt the 
type exists in both collections. The type is similar to JB with a 
pointed and tliicklj T -jewelled helmet, but the helmet is crossed by what 
Thomas describes as buffalos ’ horns, but which I regard as those of 
the elegant Indian Gazelle (Gazella bennettii;) united in front of the 
helmet by their bases, and carried up, and backwards, their tips appear¬ 
ing clear of the head behind, and pointing upwards. Two Gazelles’ 
horns thus adjusted and suitably mounted would not only form an 
artistic ornament, but serve also as an efficient guard against a sword 
cut. The idea, however, of encumbering a man’s head, by way either of 
ornament or defence, with a clumsy pair of buffalo horns is preposterous. 
In 1858 The Honorable Walter Elliot published his Numismatic 
Gleanings in the Madras Journal of Literature and Science, wherein 
a number of Punch-marked coins are figured, many of which were 
reproduced with scant acknowledgment by Thomas in Numismata 
Orientalia, Part I, in 1874. Some of Mr. Elliot’s remarks require 
notice. At page 229 we read “ A dog, always in the same form, with 
his forelegs half crouching as if in play, is found on figs. 8, 11, 12, 
13, 14, 15, 16, 18, 20, 21, 26,” that is on eleven coins selected for 
figuring. Now in only one of these figures, (Fig. 8) is there the 
slightest connection indicated between the ‘ dog ’ and the ‘ Stupa ’ or 
‘ Chaitya ’ whereon it is most usually represented as standing. In 
fig. 8, only, is a single chamber of the ‘ Chaitya ’ discernible under the 
dog’s hind legs, whereas in my own collection, the association of the 
dog and Stupa is seen in no less than nine coins ; and the only explan¬ 
ation that occurs to me is, that the artist, not understanding the 
significance of the little hemispherical marks under the dog’s legs, 
omitted them, in some instances at least, as unintelligible and unim¬ 
portant. Then again on p. 230 Walter Elliot describes the ‘Taurine’ 
or “ ball and crescent ” as associated in figs. 19 and 27 with a “ plough.” 
Now Thomas in N.O. fig. 9, reproduces these figures, with a slight 
King’s hand being an ear of corn, does anything of the sort, as a similar coin in my 
possession displays traces of riugs beneath the object in question, which is usually 
regarded as an iron-bound mace. Neither the figure 9 of PI. XXYIII, nor my own 
coin suggests to me an “ ear of corn ; ” the design might be clearer, but I think it 
probably represents a bird, such as a falcon, in the attitude of crouching, before 
taking flight from the King’s hand, or the mace whereon it is perched. 
