234 Journal of the Asiatic Society of Bengal. [June, 1912. 
In the 22—1242 rupee the upright scimitar stands, as in 
the coins of the previous reign, over the (» of (»1=, and the 
digits of the regnal year above the =. 
Note.—-On the half-rupee the scimitar lies lengthwise be- 
tween cay'> and 4,0, and the regnal year rt comes not below 
but above the ¢ of sls. 
In 1253 H. the Mughal Emperor, Akbar II, died, and his 
son Bahadur IT mounted the Imperial throne, but the Baroda 
1221 H., the year of Akbar’s accession. For example, though 
1255 H. was really the third year of Bahadur’s reign, the Bar oda 
rupee of 1255 purports to have been struck in the 35th year of 
Akbar’s reign. Similarly a Baroda pice of 1260 registers its 
regnal year as 4 
The Devanagari symbol on the coins, both silver and 
copper, of this Sayajirav appears not as af (that is, @ +1), 
but as @ i (that is, at+1), whence it would seem that the first 
ae of this Gaikwar’s name was held to be not 4 (Sa) but 
aT (5a). 
B. Copper. 
(1) H. 16—1236. 
Fig. 3: Obv. Same as A, but year 1236. 
Rev. Same as A, but year 16 above tr 
and upright scimitar over .» of Cw. 
Weight : 168 grains. 
Diameter : ‘8 inch. 
The legends on this copper coin have thus precisely the 
same arrangement as on the rupee dated 22—1242. 
(2) Al. 36—12xx (two). 
Fig. 4: Obv. Same as A, but year l2xx. 
Rev. air 
PI 
To right of att a stalk of 
5 small branches, each tipped with 
a tiny bud, thus % 
Weight : 158 grains. 
Diameter : -95 inch. 
A Aisa rbeboy, ak #1 may represent, as Mr. Master suggests, 
Recently I have acquired thirteen more specimens of this 
