J 899.] Report on Treasure Trove Cams. 4/7 



IV. Report on 13 old Silver Coins forwarded by tlie Collector of 

 Shahabad, with his No. 2689-G., dated 12th November, 1898. 



The coins are Rupees of the Siiri Kings Sher Shah and Islam 

 Shah, generally in good pi'eservation. Nothing is known as to locality 

 and time of the find. Their classification stands thus : — 



(1) Sheb Shah (947-952 A. H. = 1540-1545 A. D.) : 

 Rupees from the following Mints : 



Gwalior, square areas, date 949 ... ,.. 1 



Jahanpauab, circular areas, date 949 ... ... 2 



Shergarh, square areas, date 945 ... ... 1 



„ „ within double-lined border, 



date 949 ... ... ... 1 



No Mint, circular areas, dates 948, 950, 951 ... 5 



„ square areas, dates 947, 951 ... 2 12 



(2) Islam Shah (952-960 A. H. = 1545-1552 A.D.) : 

 Rupee from Sharifabad Mint, circular areas, within 



double- lined border, date 953 ... ... 1 1 



Total ... 13 



V. Report on 18 gold coins forwarded by the Deputy Commis- 

 sioner of Guji-anwala, with his No. 2536, dated 1 2th December, 1898. 



Nothing is known as to locality and time of the find. 



The coins are debased gold coins of the Kidilra or Little Kusana 

 kings ; date 5th century A. D. 



Their ohv. shows the figure of the king, facing left ; under king's 

 1. arm in Nagari characters ki-da or ki-da-ra ; behind traces of ka-sa 

 [nd] ; under king's r. arm some letters read ka-pha-na by General 

 Cunningham. This, however, remains extremely doubtful. 



Rev. shows figure of a seated goddess (Ardokhro) with cornucopiae 

 in her left hand. Only slight traces of a legend are visible. 



VI. Report on 81 and 6 old Silver Coins forwarded by the Col- 

 lector of Moughyr, with his Nos. 3328-R. and 3329-R., dated 27th 

 January, 1899. 



The coins belong to two separate ti^ensure troves, the larger of 

 which, consisting of 81 coins, is reported to have been made on the 

 bank of the river Khel at Bhalui, Police Station Sikandra, Sub-Division 

 Jamui, while the remaining 6 coins were found in a Pyue of Taluka 

 Anautpur, Police Station Jamui. They belong to various Sultana 

 of Delhi and Bengal, as also to the Suri Kings, Sher Shah, Islam 

 Shah and Muhammad 'Adil Shah, and to the Moghul Emperor Akbar. 



