266 Journal of the Asiatic Society of Bengal. [N.S., XIV, 
mon obverse type of Aurangzeb with the date to left of whe: 
the reverse is of the ordinary type with the mint-name at the 
bottom. 
The hijri date 1071 is now continued on the obverse till 
1071-7, when it is replaced by 1076, which continues certainly 
to the 23rd year. On coins from the 24th to the 30th year the 
hijrt date is missing: at least I have never come across a coil 
in which it could be read. 
In 1098-31R. the year of Aurangzeb’s conquest, rupees 
and mohurs of quite a different style were struck. Both metals 
are represented in the British Museum, nos. 712 and 778. They 
were obviously struck by Imperial die- cutters, and are some of 
the finest examples of his coinage: they follow the type of the 
preceding coins except that the date is in the top line. The 
mint was then closed and moved to Haidarabad, since we we find 
the earliest coins of the latter mint issuing in the following yeat 
1099 (cf. P.M.C. no. 1680). 
Synopsis of Coins of the Gulkanda Mint. 
A/ and & of similar design: examples of both known of all 
types. No A known 
Emperor. Date. Remarks. 
Shah Jahan I. eis Early type Kalima in 3 lines — 
with mint below on ob 
v Issued in 1045? by 
Abd-ullah Qutb Sh 
Aurangzeb. (1) 1069-ahd., Mint name at top of revers?: 
hijri date to left of ot? 
on obverse. A Qutb Shahi 
issue 
(2) 1071-4R—1071-7R. ce ¥s ‘ 
But mint-name in bottom — 
line of reverse: 
(3) 1076-SR—1076-23R. 55 
(4) —24R—_30R. a 
No hijri date yet deviphe' 
(5) 1098—31R. Imperial aps Sam! tye 
1099 a. H. Mint pulaved to stisaaceonsh oun jibad) 
(3) The Srinagar Mint (art. no. 177, N.S. XXVIII). oe 
Mr. Hodivala has substantiated what J and most eer 
numismatists have held as most probable for a considera he 
time. Mr. —— for instance, in his Ca names © . 
: ~a 
1076-31 fn he Ba thor is is a 5s rupee of —15R (no. 749) and a $ rapee 
