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J, Gibbs—^4 Paper on the Medals hnuWn as Ramtvnkis. [No. 2, 
No. 4. 
Ohv. 
Rev. 
No. 5. Ohv. 
Rev. 
Rev. Four figures on a platform with their left hands raised, 
an umbrella in centre, arabesque border. Wt. 160*4 
grs. Diam. 1 inch. Madras Museum. J. Gibbs. 
Whole. Very similar to that of PL VI, No. 2. 
Hanuman standing in a circle which is enclosed in 
interlaced squares with ornaments in corners. 
Wt. 662*7 grs. Diam. 2 yV Madras Museum. 
Double (?) Somewhat similar to No. 4, but work 
rather more in relief. 
5 lines of what appear to be unreadable letters divided 
by bands of ornament. This belongs to a banker 
at Vellore, who gives its weight at 30 pagodas: a 
pagoda is said in the money tables to weigh 52| grs., 
if this is correct the piece must weigh 52| X 30 = 
1,575 grs. or more than double a single Pamtinki. 
Nos. 2 and 3 of these are not in my opinion Pamtinkis, they are, I 
beheve, specimens of the modern medals struck at some of the great places 
of pilgrimage in Southern India. One similar to No. 2 was described and 
depicted in the Proceedings of this Society for 1882, having been ex¬ 
hibited by General Pearce. I have one which resembles No. 3, having 
only four figures on one side, but having on the other two standing figures 
on a sort of dais with a man on the right and a monkey on the left. 
I have seen several of this latter description : they are of very infe¬ 
rior workmanship, and of no pretensions to age. Mr. Scott at Tanjore 
showed me one he had, and I have seen another in the possession of a 
native gentleman at Calcutta, who looked upon it as an object of great 
veneration, and paid a very large sum for it. It has the same device as 
No. 3, but was of even rougher work and exactly similar to Mr. Scott’s. 
I must not conclude this paper without alluding to Mars den’s notice 
of these medals. He appears only to have seen quarter Pamtinkis and 
those in the illustration in PI. XLVIII are of the ordinary descriptions. 
These, as all his other coins, are now in the British Museum, where, until 
the Chief of Vinchore, at my suggestion, sent home a whole Pamtinki, 
they had none but quarters in the collection, the one sent home was a 
duplicate of No. 2 in Plate VI. 
I consider these medals to have been struck as votive offerings, their 
weight varying perhaps in accordance with the wealth or status of the 
donor or donee. I regret I have not been able to get more accurate 
information regarding them, but I trust that this article with its illustra¬ 
tions may lead to the Society or myself obtaining further information on 
the subject. 
