Catalogue of the coins in the Indian Museum, Calcutta, including the cabinet of the Asiatic Society of Bengal

108 Pages·1906·20.827 MB·Russian

by  V.A. Smith

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of the
Catalogue
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Museum
Coins in the Indian
Calcutta
the Cabinet of the
Including
Asiatic Society of Bengal
Volume I
Part II : Ancient Coins of Indian Types
By
Vincent A. Smith
M.A., F.R.N.S., M.R.A.S., I.C.S. Retd.
Published for the Trustees of the Indian Museum
Oxford
At the Clarendon Press
1906
HENRY FROWDE, M.A.
PUBLISHER TO THE UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD
LONDON, EDINBURGH
NEW YORK AND TORONTO
1
ADVERTISEMENT
A SMALL separate impression of Part II is issued for the convenience
of collectors and students specially interested in the classes of coins
treated in this Part, who may not care to purchase the complete volume.
TheGeneralIntroduction,GeneralIndex, andcompleteTables ofWeights
and Measures appear in that volume only. Here it may be noted that
a millimetre is almost exactly T^h of an inch, or, in other words, one
inch isverylittlemore than 25 millimetres ; and that ten English grains
are equivalent to -648, almost two-thirds of a gramme. Weights are
given in English grains, and measurements in decimals of an inch.
CONTENTS
PART ANCIENT COINS OF INDIAN TYPES
II.
PAGE
.131
SECTION V. PUNCH-MARKED COINS, INTRODUCTION . . .
CATALOGUE 136
VI. LOCAL COINS OF NORTCHATEARLNOGINUDEI,A,AIJNOTDRHOYDAUCTIO.N .. ...115414283
AVANTI
. .
KOSAM 155
TAXILA ,. . ..156
. .
VII. TRIBAL COINS, ICNATTBAOLDOUGCUTEI,ONAA_URDJUUNMABYAARNAA . . ..116616660
KUNINDA . . . .167
MALAYA . . . .170
. . .
NAGA OF NARWAR 178
RAJANYA . ..179
YAUDHEYA . . . .180
. . .
VIII. KINGS OF N. PANCHALA (AHICHHATRA) AND KOSALA,
.184
INTRODUCTION
. . . . . . .
CATALOGUE, THE SO-CALLED <MITRA' DYNASTY PAN-
CHALA AND KOSALA 186
. . . .
ACHYUTA, KING OF AHICHHATRA 188
. .
IX. THE RAJAS AND SATRAPS OF MATHURA AND VIRASENA,
INTRODUCTION ; .190
CATALOGUE, RAJA.S OF. MAT.HURA. . . . .192
SATRAPS OF MATHURA . . . .195
. . .
VIRASENA 197
X. UNASSIGNED MISCELLANEOUS COINS OF NORTHERN INDIA,
.198
INTRODUCTION
. . . . . . .
CATALOGUE, RECTANGULAR CAST COINS . . 199
ANONYMOUS CIRCULAR CAST COINS 202
APPARENTLY DIE-STRUCK COINS,
NOT INSCRIBED 203
. . .
INSCRIBEDCIRCULARCOINS,VARIOUS 205
....
XI. THE ANDHRA DYNASTY, INTRODUCTION . . . . 208
..CAT.ALOGUE 209
INDEX OF RULERS, &c., PART II . 214
LIST OF PLATES
XIX. PUNCH-MARKED COINS, SILVER AND COPPER: LOCAL COINS, AJODHYA
AND AVANTI.
XX. LOCAL COINS, AVANTI, KOSAM, TAXILA: TEIBAL COINS, ARJUNAYANA,
KUNINDA, MlLAVA.
XXI. TRIBAL COINS, MILAVA, NAGA, RXJANYA, YAUDHEYA.
XXIL COINS OF N. PANCHALA AND MATHURA: MISCELLANEOUS ANCIENT,
RECTANGULAR CAST.
XXIII. MISCELLANEOUS ANCIENT, COPPER: ANDHRA COINS, COPPER (?POTIN)
AND LEAD.
ABBREVIATIONS
MJEi . copper, including bronze.
. silver.
A. S. B. . Asiatic Society ofBengal.
Af . gold.
B. M. . . British Museum.
Br. . . . Brahml script.
C. A. 1. . . Cunningham, Coins ofAncient India.
C, M. 1. . . ditto, Coins ofMediaeval India.
C. S. I. . Elliot, Coins ofSouthern India.
diad. . . wearing diadem.
Ep. Ind. . . Epigraphia Indica.
I. C. . . . Rapson, Indian Coins.
I. M.. . . Indian Museum, Calcutta.
Ind. Ant. . . Indian Antiquary, Bombay.
/. A. S. B. . Journal ofthe Asiatic Society of Bengal.
J. R. A. S. . . Royal Asiatic Society.
Kh. ... KharoshthI
. . . script.
1. left, ofreader.
L
lead.
mon. . . . monogram or similar mark.
obv. . . . obverse.
Proc. A. S. H. . Proceedings ofthe Asiatic Society of Bengal.
r. right, ofreader.
R.-C. . . . from cabinet ofCol. Rivett-Carnac, C.I.E.
Rep. or Reports . Reports ofthe Archaeological Survey ofIndia (old series).
rev. . . . reverse.
sq. . . square.
Z. D. M. G. . Zeitschrift der deutschen morgenldndischen Gesellschaft.
PART
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ANCIENT COINS OF INDIAN TYPES