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THE INDIAN ANTIQUARY.
(AUGUst, 1908.
No. 4-D. Copper -
Obo. - Peacock to left, passant. Moon above. Rev. - A king, or a god, standing; in right hand a staff or banner or spear, left hand
hanging down. Beyond left hand two diamond-shaped figures; on king's right,
dots. A good little coin, said to have come from Tinnevelly.
Mr. Lóventhal (op. cit. Nos. 63, 64) has figured coins with peacocks, but the reverses bave modern-looking Vishņu marks on each side of a lamp (?). He thinks that they belong to the Hoysala Ballklas, but his reasons are not very apparent. His numbers 92, 93, also have peacock obverses, and on No. 93 is the Sridhara inscription of the former series (my No. 1). No. 4-. Copper -
Obv. - Peacock to right, passant, as a váhana for gods.
Rod. - "Venkatá" in Kanarese characters. No. 4-F. Copper -
Obv. - Peacock to right, standing ; tail down, in circle of small dots. Rev. - " Sridhara," as with coins No. 1.
This is the nearest approach that I have to Mr. Lóventhal's No. 98. No. 4-G. Copper -
Obv. - Peacock to left, standing.
Rev. - A legend, which I cannot decipher. No. 4-8. Copper -
Obv. - Peacook to right in a double circle, the inner one made of dots.
Rev. - A legend, which I am unable to read, No. 4-1. Copper -
Obr. - Peacock, in circle of dots.
Rev.-Indistingaishable. No. 5-A. Copper -
Obv. - Brahma, on his hansa váhana (?).
Rev. - A double lamp with "Rama" in Nagart characters, on either side. No. 5-B
Obu. - Kartikêya on peacock vdhana (or perhaps Brahma on the hassa).
Rev. - A Siya lingan on an altar. No. 5-0
Obv.-P Kartikeya on the peacock. The tail represented very large. Rev. - A Tamil legend, which I think reads "Setupati."
If this reading is correct, it establishes the coin as one of the Setupatis of Amnid, in the South; probably dating from the 17th or 18th century of our era. In such case it is not, of course, a temple coin. No. 6-D. A thick copper coin - Obv. - A god, standing, left foot crossed over right. Either he has many arms, or is
overshadowed by a seven-headed cobra. Both the principal arms are down and hold some rod or sceptre transversely across the body. Below him is, apparently, A very rough rendering of a peacock ráhana, but this is doubtful. The figure might be intended to represent a Garuda, but, if so, it is unlike any image of that
semi-deity that I have seen. Rev. - (Apparently) & simha; tail up. Above, a sword or dagger.
I only place this coin in this series on the off chance that the figure below the god on the obverse may be intended to represent a peacock.
