Vol. V, No. 8.] Numismatic Supplement. 3 
[N.S.] = . 
No. 11, Ajmir? D. wd} 5 4» —1003 H. W. 175. 
S. °775 x °775. 
Obverse. .- Reverse. 
sla Hi , has Kalima. 
ob pst Meme 
3 exe Jidae 
... HI wy) [ 
There is a second specimen of this rupee of the same year 
in the Lucknow Museum, but it gives no more assistance in 
reading the mint which seems to begin with | possibly for 
yee! Ajmir. The ¢ following sy may refer to the ‘‘ weight 
or fineness of metal’? and represent the initial letter of the 
word (3= ‘regular’, for which refer to Manual of Musulman 
Numismatics, (Codrington), p. 9. Or ¢ may stand for gd) G>, 
God is great. 
No. 12. Bangila. D. 1011 H. W. 173°5. S. ‘7x75. 
Reverse. 
Obverse. 
Kalima. 
oO xlS 
Bee 
en) 
mre Uti gyilf 
oe Rane 
stead it, WE, 
as : 
nslated is:—‘‘ This coin of Bangala became 
honour) [increased 
because it was] struck by Akbar Shah.”’ 
: i“ ished a rupee of this 
mint with 39 (=1002—1003 H.) on the Kalima side above the 
middle of oss. and on it a%~» and the dotted «» of aée are clear, 
It is now in the Lucknow Museum. 
_ The reading Bangala was first suggested by Mr. Rodgers 
in the L.M.C., p. 245, which gives two rupees. Mr. H. Nelson 
Wright has also two, Nos. 315 (a), (b), in the I.M.C. Each of 
us differs a little in the obverse reading. In the big Jhansi find 
there were 2 of 1006 (date to left of 05), and 2 of 1011 H. (date 
below 3%). Thus there are in Museums in India rupees of 39 
