AZIL1SES 135 Metal No. Obverse Reverse (£) Type: mounted king and Pallas; silver, round As on No. 320, but king holds couched lance, and bow Is absent. Hemidrachni size also known. W. 137. S, 1. Kb. legend as on No. 319. Pallas to L hurling thunderbolt7 with aegis on I. arm. To r. Kh. a. To L M. 19. PL XIII. (77) Type: mounted Icing and Laksmt; silver, round 3321 As on No. 320. W. 148. 333 334 2 W. 35. Kh. legend as on No. 320. Indian goddess, Laksml, stand- ing facing on a lotus-flower with twin stalks and leaTes. On each leaf stands a small elephant sprink- ling water on the head of the deity. To r. Kh. a. To L Kh. ya. G. B. PL XIII. G. B. PL XIII. (0) Type: mounted king and god and goddess; silver, round As on No. 320. To r. M. 38. W. 150. 8. 1-1. 335 W. 36. Kh. legend as on No. 320. God and goddess standing to front; male deity carries long -sceptre in L hand, and points to r. with outstretched r. arm. God- dess lias diadem in r. hand and bears mural crown; cornucopiae on 1. arm. To r. Kh. mon. sjpila. To L Kh.pa. G. B. PL XIII. G. B. PL XIII. 1 This design of the aWiiseka of Laksmi is well known in sculpture. It also occurs on an unpublished early Hindu cast coin in the Cabinet of the Hon'ble Mr. B. Burn, X.G.S., and on the coins of Jayagupta. a According to Prof. Eapson, the male deity is Zeus. He conjectures that the goddess may perhaps be the tutelary deity of Puskalavati (Notes on Indian Coins and Seals, Part VI). K 2