The Coinage of the Gupta Empire and its Imitations c19.42

c19.42

Between VIII and IX, *jayaja*. The last two letters bear a superficial resemblance to a symbol; the last letter *ja* appears like the three upper prongs of the symbol with a horizontal line below; the right hand line of *ya* appears like the second horizontal line below the three prongs; the remaining part of *ya* appears like the right portion of a symbol like one of those appearing on the coin of Kācha. There can however be no doubt that what we have here are letters *yaja* and not a symbol.