Vol. VIII, No. 3.] Numismatic Supplement No. XVII. 131 
[N.S.] 
This coin is one of the earliest of Ahmadabad tankis. 
The inscription on the obverse is very clearly Chahar Tanke 
(though the 4 of jt > does not actually find a place on the coin) 
and corresponds to the usual chau Tanki. As far as is known, 
no similar specimen of this or any other mint has yet come 
to light. 
According to Dr. Taylor’s most informing article in 
Num. Sup. IV., J.A.S.B., the earliest Ahmadabad tanki is of 
Tlahi 46 Azar (9th month). The latest Ahmadabad tanka is of 
Nahi 46 Ardibihisht (2nd month). There are therefore no 
copper coins of Ahmadabad known of the months Khirdad 
(8rd) Tir (4th) enearia (5th) Shahréwar (6th) Mihr (7th) or 
Aban (8th) of this yea 
It is Sepia eobable that this coin fills in the gap 
between the two types of tanka and tanki and the word chahar 
me is 
last two letters I take to be ‘‘an’’. If they are, the month 
Abin is indicated. 
I may here remark that I have in my cabinet an Ahmad 4- 
bad tanka of [ahi 46 with a month name which may be Tir 
Shahréwar or Mihr. It is not worth publication, but it shows 
that the issue of the chahar tanki was limited to a period of 
at most spor months and perhaps only to one month. 
n I publish, as representing a short transitional 
stage, is Sp ceeekcity very rare. 
AHMADABAD: A. MASTER. 
1912. 
107. Two Rare Cors or Maumtp I oF Guvarart. 
ange © Weight 113 grs. Size *7 
Mint [Ahmadabad.] 
Date 874 A.H. in Arabic words. 
Obverse. Reverse. 
In square area. In margins: top [ a ] 
vibl.} left el loll 
sles bottom cnn. yl pel 
dpemve righta Sis Gully 
salt 
Translation, e 
Obverse in square area. Mahmid Shah the Sultan. 
In margin. The year eight hundred and seventy-four. 
Reverse —The defender of the world and of the faith, the 
father of victory. 
