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AUGUST, 1903.]
No. 14-B. Copper
Obs. and Rev.
No. 16. Obv.
No. 14-C. Copper
Obv. and Rev. - Also similar, but different to either A or B.
SOME DOUBTFUL COINS OF SOUTHERN INDIA.
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No. 15. Copper
I do not know how to class this coin. The lion would place it as a coin of some State, but in such case one would expect some lettering on the reverse, instead of the figure of Hanuman.
Obv.
A rampant lion, facing left; claws strongly marked; moon and chank above. Lined and dotted circle.
Rev.
A figure of Hanuman passing to left. Four circles round it; two of lines, two of dots.
Obr.
Rev.
Copper
A conventional fish, possibly intended for a sword-fish; surrounded by a dotted circle.
Rev. Sri in Kanarese characters. As regards the fish, instances of it occur in Mysore coinage (Thurston's Catalogue, Pl. IV. 11; Tufnell, Pl. I. 21), but this is clearly not a Mysore coin. (See also Numismatic Gleanings, Elliot, No. 87.)
Similar but different.
No. 17-A. Copper -
The following five coins, A to E, appear to belong to some great temple dedicated to Siva, since all of them have the figure of the lingam and altar. The reverses are rather puzzling, but they may represent Siva and Pârvati. In each case the figures are divided by a sort of staff, except in E., where each holds a sceptre in the elevated right hand. In F. there is only one figure.
No. 17-C. Copper -
Siva and Pârvati (?) standing, in a lined circle, with a lofty staff dividing them. A crade representation of the altar and lingam wreathed. Circles of lines and dots. No. 17-B. Copper
Similar, but not the same.
Similar, but not the same.
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No. 17-D. Copper
A smaller coin. Here the god and goddess are either sitting, or seated on their vahanas.
No. 17-E. Copper -
Similar. See note under 17-A. Under the altar and lingam is a Nandi (Siva's bull).
No. 17-G. Copper
Obe.
Rev. No. 18-A.
Obv.
Rev..
No. 17-F.
Copper -
Obv. A standing god, which apparently must be intended for Siva. The arms are
upraised.
Rev. The altar and lingam, but no wreath, and the figure of Nandi below, facing right.
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God and goddess standing, as in 17-A.
A very rough lingam and altar; dots above on each side.
Copper
Ganesa on his rat vdhana; in a lined circle.
A very rough representation of a lingam on an altar, under a canopy; lined circle round.
