KEY TO PLATE I

1. Round punch-marked coin. AR. Wt. about 50 grs.

Obv., an animal, solar symbol, etc.

Rev., three symbols.

2. Rectangular punch-marked coin. AR.

Obv., bull, solar symbol, etc.

Rev., several indistinct symbols.

3. Pair of cast coins, showing join. Æ.

Obv., three-arched chaitya, crescent above.

Rev., elephant to left.

4. Pañchāla: Phalgunīmitra. Æ. Wt. about 220 grs.

Obv., figure standing on lotus, to left a symbol.

Rev., in incuse, in early Brāhmī, _Phagunimitrasa_

“(Coin) of Phalgunīmitra”; above 3 symbols.

5. Taxila; double-die coin. Æ. Wt. about 180 grs.

Obv., elephant to right, above a chaitya.

Rev., in incuse, lion standing to left, above swastika,

to left chaitya.

6. Eraṇ; punch-marked. Æ.

Obv., various symbols, including

an elephant and the Ujjain symbol.

7. Andhra: Gotamīputra Viḷivāya kura. Bil. Wt. about 200 grs.

Obv., chaitya within railing, above swastika, to right a tree.

Rev., bow and arrow; around _Raño Gotamiputasa Viḷivāyakurasa_

“(Coin) of Rāja Gotamīputra Viḷivāyakura.”

8. Mathurā; Rājuvala, satrap. Bil. Wt. 38 grs.

Obv., diademed bust of king to right; corrupt Greek legend.

Rev., Pallas with ægis and thunderbolt to left; Kharoshṭhī

legend, _Apratihatachakrasa chhatrapasa Rajavulasa_

“(Coin) of the satrap Rājavula, invincible with the discus.”

Kharoshṭhī letters in field.

_Note._—Where it has been impossible to ascertain

the weight of the particular coin illustrated, the

average weight of coins of its class has been given; all

such weights are qualified by the word “about.”

[Illustration: PLATE I]

[Illustration: PLATE II]

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