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SEPTEMBER, 1891.)
COINS OF THE KINGS OF VIJAYANAGARA.
305
No. 20. ST. Copper. Obv. Same as No. 19. (
Sri-Deva. Rev.
raya. Sceptre as on No. 19.
No. 21. BMSTH. Copper. (Prinsep's Essays, Vol. I. Plate III. No. 20.) Obv. Bull, facing the right; above it, the sun and the moon.
Rev. Same as Nog. 11 and 17.
No. 22. STH. Copper. Obv. Same as No. 21.
Rev. Same as No. 18.
No. 23. MSTH. Copper. - Obv. Bull, facing the right, with sun and moon above. In front of the bull is the Vágarf syllable Dé, which seems to be an abbreviation for Dêvarîya, as on Nos. 12 to 14
SriRev. 3 ates
Ntlakam.
raft
13
tha.
Nila kantha, the blue-necked,' is a name of the god 'Siva.
SECOND DYNASTY.10
IV. Krishnaraya. No. 24. Gold, Double pagoda.
(Elliot, No. 112.) Obv. Vishņu, standing under an arch. at
Sri. Rev. 159
Krishộara
ya. The omission of the surname Pratapa, which is found on the two smalfor gold coins, Nos. 26 and 27, makes this coin doubtful. The same obverse occurs on coins of the third dynasty; see No. 35.
No. 25. M. Gold. Pagoda. Obv. 'Siva and Parvati, seated.
fra
'Sri-PreRev. T op tâpa-Krishņa[रावा
råyå. u This unique coin is also doubtful, and may have been an earlier issue of the pagod Krishnaraja of Maistr (No. 32,c).
No. 26. MTH. Gold. Pagoda. (llarsden, Nos. 1070 and 1071. Wilson, No. 88 and 89. Prindep'Besayt, Vol. 11, Plate xlv. No, 13: Bidie, Nos. 12, & and b. Elliot, Nos. 186 to 188.)"...
* Wilson's No. 90 is an oyo-oopy of gold coin with the Kanarene logond Depardy-work T his oil must be attributed to Narasimha, the elder brother and predecessor of Krishnariya.
11 Rond raya.
