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153. BILLON IssuES OF SIKANDAR Lopt. 
The find of more than 5000 Lodi coins in the Hardoi district 
throws some fresh light on perhaps the least interesting produc- 
tions of the Pathan Sultans o i 
Thomas gives an inscription on the reverse terminating in 
the words cleo w;2=., Rogers notes that certain coins in the 
Punjab Museum bear the word ~,<= ; but the Indian Mu- 
seum Catalogue omits all mention of a mint. 
It has now been established that the reading given by Tho- 
mas is correct, but only up to a certain point. The mint occurs 
not infrequently, but only on coins of a distinct type. These 
are the natural successors of the Dehli issues of Bahlol. The 
The curious fact is this, that the professedly Dehli-minted 
coins continue in a parallel series till 915 a. at least, the appear- 
ance and shape remaining unchanged. The coarsely written 
larger coins, which are obviously the basis of the Sikandari gaz, 
to which Thomas refers, unquestionably have no mint name on 
the reverse. Under the word whl. I have found in several 
instances a portion of the circular ring which marked the outside 
edge of the die. The obverse had a square double border, with a 
loop in the centre of each side. These are the coins which con- 
tain a larger proportion of silver, as Thomas notes, and I am 
disposed to regard them as a distinct issue to the Dehli series. 
They do not occur before 901 H. and I offer the tentative 
suggestion that they were not minted at Dehli at all, but at 
ikandar’s newly founded capital of Agra, where the royal 
palace was erected at least as early as H. 
Of the whole find only one coin is unusual. This is of 894H. 
the first year of Sikandar, and on this the words les o,4s: 
come immediately under the name of Bahlol, the word wibl. 
being placed in the same line as J,lv, and driven obscurely 
into a corner. This coin has been acquired for the Lucknow 
Moequm. H. R. NEVILL. 
Btawah. 
