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68. NUMISMATIC SUPPLEMENT No. VIIL 



Note. — The numeration of the article below is continued 

 from ?♦ 65 of the ^* Journal and Proceedings '' for 1907. 



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55. 



III. PATHAN AND BENGAL COINS. 



. find of 85 silver coins in tlie Moorsliidal 



contains a number of rare specimens and some novelties. Of the 

 total number 57 coins were in such poor condition that they were 

 returned bv Mr. Nelson Wrierht as useless- 



may be classified as follows : 



The remaining coins 



Pathans. 



Shams-ud-din Altamsh. — Two coins, like Thomas No. 



XXVIII, p. 46. 



Rukn-ud-din Firoz. — One coin, as published by Mr. Nelson 

 Wright at p. 772, Journfil, lloyal Asiatic Society, 1900. The 

 mint (Hazrat Dihii) is clear, but not the date. 



Razia. — One coin, like Thomas No. 90. 



Muizz-ud-din Baliram. — Two coins. One is the same as 

 Thomas No. 92. The otiier differs in tlie reverse inscription 

 which is in a circle, instead of a square, and reads : 



jj\ jXK\ j^\j C^ltUl 



cHfcJ^ Plate vi, 1. 



riie margins are unfortunately illetrible. 



Nasir-ud-din Mahmud. — One coin, like Thomas No. 106 



Rulers of Bengal. 



Rukn-ud-din Kai Kaus. — Eight coins like Thomas No. 125. 

 One is dated in 697 A.H., apparently a new date for coins, though 

 known from inscriptions. (See Blochmann, J.A.S.B., 1873, pp. 



247-9). 



Shihab-nd-din Bughda. — Eleven coins, like Thomas No. 168. 

 The mint LakhnautI is legible on one. 



Ghiyas-ud-din Bahadur. — One coin, like Thomas No. 186 



and date 728. 



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All. — New type. 



Sunarganw, 



