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SEPTEMBER, 1891.]
COINS OF THE KINGS OF VIJAYANAGARA.
303
Rev.
fra
No. 6. BH. Gold. Half pagoda. Obv. Same as Nos. 4 and 5.
Rev. Same as No. 5. No. 7. BTH. Gold. Quarter pagoda. Obv. Elephant, facing the left; above it. the sun and the moon.
Sri-Dêva
raya. No. 8. BMH. Gold. Quarter pagoda.
Obv. Same as No. 7. Rey. Sfr
Sri-Deखराब
varậya.
No. 9. TH. Copper. Obv. Elephant, facing the right; above it, the Kanarese letter A.
( 3
PrataRev. de
pa-Dévaರಾಯ
raya.
No. 10. MH. Copper. Obv. Same as No. 9, with the addition of a conch to the left, and of a discus to the right of the letter A.
Rev. Same as No. 9.
No. 11. T. Copper. Obv. Elephant, facing the right. Rev.
D3033 Śri-Déva
" (coc rây8. Between the two lines of the legend is an apright sceptre, with a discus on its left and a conch on its right.
No. 12. T. Copper. Obv. Elephant, facing the right; above it, the sun and the moon, and the Kanarese syllable De, which I take to be an abbreviation for Devaraya. The same abbreviation occurs on Nos. 13, 14, and 23.
RayaRev. TT gajaganda
bhêrunda. Raya-gaja-gaņda-bhêruņda, the double-headed eagle, which splits the temples of the elephants of kings,' must be taken as a biruda of the king. The synonyms Gajaughagandabhêrunda and Aribhagandabhêrunda occur in copper-plate grants as birudas of Vijayanagara kings; see line 45 of Mr. Fleet's grant of Krishnaraya, J. Bo. Br. R. As. Soc. Vol. XII. p. 384, and ante, Vol. XIII. p. 131, Plate iv. &, line 10.6
No. 13. MSTH. Copper. Obv. Elephant, facing the right; above it, a conch and the inverted Nagari syllable Dé.
RayaRev. Tirta
gajaganda(763
bhêramda. Underneath the legend is a sceptre, the top of which faces the right.
राय
. In Mr. Buick's Memorandum (800 note 4, above) the following similar copper coin is figured and described Obv. Elephant, trotting to the right, with an attendant carrying a spear and running before him; above the elephant, the Någari syllable D. Rev. The same legend as No. 12; underneath it, sun, conch, and moon.
