1890.] Philological Secretary — Reports on old coins. 183 



Variety 4, with Sultan al 'A'dil, mint Daru-z- 

 zarh Qil'ah Shtrgarh, no date ... ... 6 



Variety 5, with as-Sultdn Abul Muzaffar, and 

 mint and date ... ... ... 2 



Total of type II : 204 



Grand total of Sher Shah's coins ... 738 



B, Islam Shah, A. H. 952-960 = A. D. 154-5-1552. 



Type I, square areas, with marginal sections, both, on ob- 

 verse and reverse 

 Type 11, lettered surfaces on obverse and reverse ; legends 

 exactly as on No. 363 in Thomas' Chronicles. Nine 

 varieties, only differing in the arrangement of the words 

 of the reverse legend. All have the date on the obverse. 

 Variety 1, with 2 sub-varieties, ... ... 108 



Variety 2, with do. 



Variety 3, ... 



Variety 4, ... 



Variety 5, ... 



Variety 6, ... 



Variety 7, ... 



Variety 8, ... 



Variety 9, ... ... 



57 

 15 



27 

 5 

 4 

 1 

 2 

 3 



Total ... 222 



Ty23e III, lettered surfaces, but with different legends, ... 1 

 Type IV, lettered surfaces, but with different legends, and 



crude execution ; with undetermined mint. ... 5 



Total of Islam Shah's ... 234 



C, Muhammad 'A'dil Shah, A. H. 960-964 = A. D. 1552-1556. 

 Typ>e : lettered surfaces, with legends exactly as on No. 366, 

 in Thomas' ChronicJes ... ... ... ... 32 



Grand total of all coins ...1004 



V. Repoi't on 6 so-called " double Rupees," forwai'ded by the Col- 

 lector of Patna with his No. 2658 R, dated the 18th January 1889. 



The Collector states in his No. 2034 R, of the 8th November 1887, 

 addressed to the Commissioner of Patna, that on the 23i'd June 1887, 

 a treasure consisting of " 6 double sikka and 39 kalledar sikka " old 



