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THE INDIAN ANTIQUARY.
[DECEMBER, 1896.
No, 6. - T. Silver. Obv. - An elephant, facing the proper left. Rev. - A sword and, to the right of it, the legend -
Déva
raya. This specimen is the only silver coin of the Vijayanagara kings that has hitherto como to light; compare ante, Vol. XX. p. 301. The elephant appears also on the quarter pagodas and on part of the copper issues of Devardya ; see ibid. p. 303.
No. 6. - H. 3 specimens. 'Copper. Obv. - Hanumat, advancing towards the proper left. frett
Sri-ViraRes. - at
Bhupati." राय
raya. This coin was first published ante, Vol. XXIV. p. 26, No. 9, where the legend is, however, misread. The figure of Hanumat on the obverse connects it with Harihara's coin No. 4. Vira-Bhupati was the son of Bukka II. and a grandson of Harihara II. ; see Dr. Aufrecht's Oxford Catalogue, p. 371b, Dr. Burnell's Tanjore Catalogue, p. 16a, and my First Report on Sanskrit Manuscripts, p. iii, f.
No. 7. -T. Silver. 31 grains. Obv. - A male figure, squatting, wearing ear-rings, and holding a bow in the right hand. Rev. - Depo Sri-Vira.
Copper coins with the same legend are found in endless numbers and varieties in Madhara. But no second specimen in silver is known, Sir W. Elliot attributed two copper coins of this series (Nos. 94 and 95 ) to the Kakatiyas or the Reddis. But, though the legend of these coins is engraved in Telugu characters, their finding-place, Madhura, forces us to connect them - as was first done by the Rev. E. Loventhal in his Coins of Tinnerelly, Madras, 1880. D. 20 - with the only Telugu dynasty which is known to have resided there, ris. the Nayakas. The legend Sri-Vira may refer to, and may have been started by, one of the four different Nâyakas who bore the surname Virepps ; see Mr. Sewell's Lists of Antiquities, Vol. II. p. 200.
No. 8. – H. G specimens. Copper. Obv. - A standing figure,
Sri-MiConcave rev. *88.
nakshi.3. As remarked before (Vol. XXI. p. 326, No. 21), Minakshi is the name of the goddess of Madhurâ and of a queen of the Nayaka dynasty.
No. o. - H. 2 specimens. Copper.
(Ma]a[i]Obv. (Tamil) - {! Rev. (Grantha) - Tanchai(?).*
Madirai or Madurai and Tanjai are Tamil names of the two towns Madhura and Tanjavur (Tanjore). The word Madurai occurs also on two other coins which I have published before (Vol. XXI. p. 326, Nos. 22 and 23).
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* Read Bhupati.
* Read Minakshi. . Read Tañjai. The vowel ai, which ought to stand before the group fich, seems to be written below the line.
