342 Journal of the Asiatic Society of Bengal. [NS., XIV, 
which I shall presently advert, admit of a simple explanation. 
v 
Of the seventeen specimens in the Indian Museum, four con 
rit (No. 2118), rir (No. 2119), v (No. 2124). 
tr (No. 2125-6) 1 (No. 2127), 44 (No. 2128), 
19, (No. 2129), ve (No. 2130), aa (No. 2131), 
34 (No. 2132), 119 (No. 2133), tr (No. 2134). 
Of the seven coins catalogued by Mr. Whitehead, three (Nos. 
2703-5) have no figures but only a M. exactly like that on the 
corresponding issues in the Indian Museum, while four have 4 
Fev. trp and rt. (Nos. 2699-2702.) 
My submission is that these apparently incomprehensible 
and unmeaning numerals stand for those years of the Hijra m 
which the coins were struck, and that by rit. v, !. 14, 19 WP 
A“, 4%. 119 and 'r, we are to understand (1)211, (120)7, (12)12, cf 
(11)68, (11)69, (11)74, (11)88, (11)96, 119X, and (12)12 of the 
Era of the Flight. Similarly, the symbols on P.M.C. 2699- 
2701 are meant for (120)2, (120)7 and (12)12 a.a. The only 
issues which do not at once lend themselves to this simple solu- 
fon are I.M.C. Nos. 2119 and 2127, and P.M.C, No. 210% — 
the first of which has the figure rir, and the last twoall | 
Now (1)312 a.n-. is absolutely unthinkable under 
siderations as to the purity of the metal, the beauty 
design or the competence of the workman. 
