1901.] 
W. Theobald —Karshapana Coinage. 
43 
“ And two dolphins, all of silver, half emerging from the flood, 
“ Crunched between their jaws the fishes, as though formed of flesh 
and blood.” 
Shield of Herakles. 207, 213. 
In some parts of this paper I have applied the term ‘ Thyrsos * to 
objects seen on these coins. I am, of course, aware that the ‘ Thyrsos ’ 
proper is a wand or staff ending in a ‘pine-cone,’ but I think the term 
may be extended for want of a better, to any symbolic staff, with an 
enlarged apex, excluding the ‘ hasta pura ’ which though common on 
the gold Scytliic coins is not met with on the silver ‘ puranas ’ or copper 
coins. 
In the list of symbols now given, which occur on the silver 
Karshapanas (round or square) the first column contains the number 
of the symbol in the present list; the second column, the number and 
figure of the symbol in my previous paper, and the following are the 
abbreviations used:— 
N. 0. — Thomas’ Essay on Ancient Indian Weights in the Numis- 
mata Orientalia, 1874. 
A. I. = Cunningham’s “ Coins of Ancient India.” 
The numbers in brackets are the ‘ series numbers ’ of coins, when 
in my own cabinet. 
O. and _R., for Obverse and Reverse symbols respectively. 
B. M. = British Museum. 
A.C. — Cabinet of Sir A. Cunningham. 
N.G. and W.M 7.= Walter Elliot, Numismatic Gleanings, Madras 
Journal of Literature and Science, 1858. 
1 
34 
1 
O. 
2 
100 
2 
O. 
3 
118 
3 
0. 
4 
124 
4 
R. 
5 
91 
5 
0. 
6 
143 
8 
0. 
7 
36 
7 
0. 
8 
35 
10 
0. 
9 
218 
11 
O.R. 
10 
229 
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• • • 
11 
65 
18 
0. 
12 
39 
16 
0. 
13 
38 
15 
0. 
14 
184 
17 
0. 
One male and two female figures. A.I., PI I 
11 . ( 8 ). ’ 
Figure with three dots above. 
Figure with five dots above. 
Figure with water-pot in left hand. 
Plumed warrior with tall Club in left hand and 
water-pot in right. Cat. Coins, Ind. Mus No 
12374, PI. II, p. 7. (115). ’ 
Figure, perhaps Agni. 
Hand, in a square area. A.I., PI. I, fig. 12. (6). 
Elephant to right. A.I., Pi. I, fig. 5. (2). 
Elephant to left. W.E., Pi. YU, figs. (Obv.) 14, 
(Rsv.) 13. 
Elephant to right, margined with ‘ Taurines.’ N.O. 
Humped Bull to right. (1). 
Do. with ‘ Taurine ’ in front. (87, 41) Cat. Coins 
Indian Mus., No. 7532. 
Do. with ‘Taurine’ in front, reversed. (11). 
Do. with ‘ Fish ’ in front and above rump, in an 
oblong area. 
(94). 
