30 Journal of the Asiatic Society of Bengal. [N.S., XVII. 
Sikandar was not likely to waste silver on his double dams. 
In the face of the coins themselves, we are not to be convinced 
by an explanatory statement of Ferishta, whose ideas on 
reign of Ibrahim, foretell the advent of the dam. Several 
points have yet to be elucidated with regard to the Lodi coin- 
age. Why did the 140-grain billon disappear after 920 H.? 
So far as can be ascertained, none is known save a belated 
Specimen of 935 H. struck in the name of Sultan Mahmiad bin 
support, I make 
been attained if criticism leads to a more certain identification 
of well-known but nameless friends. 3 
H. Ne&vItt. 
