1901.] 
W. Theobald —Copper Goins of Ancient India. 
73 
HONUMAN. 
85 
• • • 
• • • 
0. 
A Winged Lion to left. A.I.„ XIII fig. 6. These 
three are on Nepal coins. 
86 
• • • 
• • • 
R. 
A Lion to left. Mathura. (639). 
87 
• • • 
• ft • 
0. 
The black-faced ‘Langur’ (Semnopithecus) is figured 
by Walter Elliot. N.G., XI, fig. 103, who calls it a 
‘dog’ (p. 248), but its tail curved at the tip, as no 
dog’s tail is, and well-marked face, prove it to be a 
monkey. 
THE BUFFALO. 
88 
• • • 
• • • 
0. 
A Buffalo to right. T.P., XLIV, figs. 7 and 8, also 
A.I., YI, fig. 13. Yaudheyas. 
89 
• • • 
• • • 
R, 
A Buffalo to left. A.I., Y, fig. 4. Kunindas. This is 
the animal persistently miscalled a ‘ deer ’ by pre¬ 
vious describers. It only occurs on the coins of the 
‘Kunindas’ and ‘Yaudheyas.’ The symbol of a 
Buffalo’s head is however found on the coins of the 
White Huns. (Cunningham Num. Chron. Ser. III. 
Vol. XIY, PI. X, figs. 3 and 4). The general ab¬ 
sence of the Buffalo from Indian coins is certainly 
remarkable. 
BIRDS. 
90 
• • • 
0. 
A Peacock to left with three tail feathers expanded 
and with some object (not a snake) in its bill. The 
bird occupies the field of the coin and is surrounded 
by an ornamental margin. General Pearce has sug¬ 
gested its being a coin of Rajputana. (3291). 
91 
• • • 
R. 
Two upright posts; the one on the right with two 
cross-bars at the top, the other with a peacock to 
right. J.B., XLIX, XVII, fig. 11. 
The peacock looks more like an effigy than a living 
bird. 
92 
•s • • 
(It 
0. 
A Peacock to left on a raised platform. (3292). A 
Buddhist coin of rude execution. 
The Peacock was a common symbol on the silver 
‘ Puranas ’ but seems to disappear on the latter 
copper mintages, connected with them. 
93 
• • • 
... 
0. 
A cock to left. A.I., VI, figs. 6, 7 and 8. Yaud¬ 
heyas. 
94 
• • • 
R. 
A Teal to right facing a Borassus palm. A.I., IX, 
fig. 14. The bird certainly looks more like a goose 
than a Teal, but I suspect the allusion is to the 
habit of the ‘ whistling teal ’ (Dendocygna.) or the 
Cotton-teal (Nettapus) breeding in trees, especially 
palms. Any identification, however, of such figures 
as the above must be purely hypothetical. Also 
J.B., XLIX, XYI, fig. 7. 
FISH. 
95 
• • • 
0. 
Two fish opposed to each other in an oblong tank 
alongside of symbol 31. (S). Ujain. 22 grains. 
Three coins in the cabinet of the Royal Asiatic 
Society. 
96 
• • • 
• • • 
0. 
Two fish side by side in a square tank on the right 
of symbol 31. Ujain. 78 grains. (936). 
