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Assyrian conception of the Male Triad united to the Mono- 
gynous Mother. 
( h ) At one corner is a portion of a sixteen-petalled Lotus. 
( i ) A liook-shaped mark counter-struck over the lotus seems to 
represent a portion of some other symbol of which no more 
now remains. 
There is little doubt that if private collections were searched many 
more coins of this sort would be discovered, and new symbols added to 
the following list, which must therefore be considered as a first attempt 
only to enumerate the symbols on the early copper coins, as differentiated 
from those found on silver pieces. 
The materials whereon the following results are based are 1st. 
The collection of coins in the British Museum, wherein is now deposited 
the cabinet of Sir A. Cunningham, as well as those of earlier collectors, 
Colonel Stacey, Major Hay, Dr. Swiney, Messrs. Masson, Grant, 
Thomas, the old India House collection, and others. 2nd. A small 
collection of my own. 3rd. A small collection lent me for examination 
by Dr. O. Codrington, partly his own and partly belonging to the 
Royal Asiatic Society. The following books have also been searched for 
figures of coins :—Wilson’s Ariana Antiqua, Sir Walter Elliot’s ‘ Numis¬ 
matic Gleanings ’ in the Madras Journal of Literature and Science 
for 1858, Prinsep’s ‘ Indian Antiquities,’ edited by Edward Thomas, 
‘Ancient Indian Weights,’ by Thomas in Numismata Orientalia, The 
‘Journal of the Asiatic Society of Bengal,’ ‘ Catalogue of the Coins of 
the Indian Museum,’ by C. J. Rodgers, ‘ The Coins of Southern India,’ 
by Sir Walter Elliot in Numismata Orientalia and last but not least 
the ‘ Coins of Ancient India,’ by Sir A. Cunningham. 
The following abbreviations are used :— 
A. A. Professor Wilson’s Ariana Antiqua. 
N.O. Ancient Indian weights by E. Thomas, in Numismata 
Orientalia. 
T. P. James Prinsep, edited by Thomas. 
E.N.O. Sir Walter Elliot’s Coins of Southern India, in Numis¬ 
mata Orientalia. 
N.G. Elliot’s Numismatic Gleanings. Madras Journal of Liter¬ 
ature and Science, 1857-8. 
J.B. Journal of the Asiatic Society of Bengal. 
A.I. Coins of Ancient India by Sir A. Cunningham. 
A.C. Sf Collection of Sir A. Cunningham and the British Museum 
B. M. respectively. 
G.I.M . Catalogue of the Coins of the Indian Museum. 
O.SfU. Obverse and Reverse. S. Square Coin. 
