160 Journal of the Asiatic Society of Bengal. [May, 1914. 



Type C— Period 1234—1236 a.h. App. 53a-c. 



wts. 121— 116 grs. 



Obverse. Reverse. 



date number. 



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v JBBRAS, Vol. XX, 

 No. LVI, p. 439 and 



plate. 



I know of only one specimen of type A and that is in my 

 cabinet. Specimens of type B are rare, but type C is not 

 infrequently met with. It may be said that type A may be 

 ascribed to Aurangzlb. But a comparison of the type with 

 similar types of Aurangzlb and 'Alamgir II will, J believe, un- 

 hesitatingly pronounce in favour of the second 'Alamgir. The 

 sizes of the coins are unimportant. They are very irregular 

 and vary from an imperfect circle to an uneven square. The 

 poins are rather smaller though thicker than the current im- 

 cerial paisa (pice). The mint marks to be found on the copper 

 pieces will be discussed later. 



The corns (2) {mint marks and comments). 



I now come to what perhaps is the most important part 

 of this paper. In the majority of expositions of coins, so 

 much information has been obtainable from other features, 

 auch as literal and pictorial inscriptions, that no attempt has 

 been made to deal at all systematically with the variations of 

 conventional marks. I do not claim that my selection of 

 subjects was due to any originality or thoroughness of treat- 

 ment, and in fact it was only the numismatic dullness of the 

 period which was in such striking contrast to the bustle and 

 action of its history, which directed my attention to the 

 remarkable variation of mint marks, as a mine which might 

 profitably be dug in. I was, in fact, forced to make my differ- 

 entiations by mint marks or not at all The immediate cause 

 of my attention being turned to the matter was the sentence 

 that I have quoted from the Bombay Gazetteer that Mr. Dun- 

 lop, the first Collector of Ahmadabad, finding the commerce 

 of the city much impeded by the want of coin ; obtained per- 

 mission to reopen the mint at Ahmadabad. Coins of the period 

 subsequent to the British occupation were known to exist both 

 in Dr. Taylor's cabinet and in other collections, although 

 no definite ascription of them had been made to Mr. Dunlop s 



