Dr, Hoerxle — Exhibition of a silver coin. 



[Jan. 



Dr. Hoernle exhibited a silver coin supposed to be one of Muham- 

 mad bin Sam sent by Mr. Rodgers, and read the following note by the 

 latter : — 



"I enclose a coin which I cannot quite make out. You may show 

 it to the Asiatic Society and see what learned men can make out of it. 

 Its weight is 52 grs. and size '85 of an inch. So far as I know it is 

 unique. I make it out thus : — 



" In a circle : — ■ 



[v^*^l ^j^^^^]y°(^'^ v'^j 



yzj— jrn [(f^ 1^—? ^]T 



In a dotted circle outside 

 which is a lined circle : — 



_^^l 





^« 



aiz 



[^ J ^^JiXjI (J-AJ Ia3 



outer maro'in ilh^u'ible. 



In the inner of the two margins 



" I am not at all certain about the last line. There is no doubt that 

 the leo'end is the first part of verse 225 of the 2ud Sura of the Quran. 

 There is no mint legible unless indeed the word before i^ is ^Jj. 



J5ft/A-/i." 



" The words in the small circle puzzle me too. I read the legend 



tliere tentatively as (*U ^^s'« ^j^t <^^sr^'"- The coin is one of those 

 I sold to the Punjab Govermnent. I liad never read it. I kept it 

 until one of the last and, of course, had to puzzle it out. There is 

 no one here to help me, so the above is my own solution. Tlie coin 

 belono-s to Muhammad Sam I think. But no coin of his at all like 

 this has been hitherto published. The titles are those of this king- 

 found on the Qutb at Delhi, except idJ\ ^^ii> Lf^^ and *J^t o^jl cjUiU 

 Abul Quhar is new too. 



"Perhaps the Masters of the Madrasah may be able to throw more 

 lioht on the legends. Could an enlarged photograph of it be made ? I 

 think a coin like this is worth some extra trouble." 



