238 Journal of the Asiatic Society of Bengal. [J une, 1912. 
Fig. 9: Obv. (?) ai 
a. aT 
Iryic 
wy 
paves 
Bdgy" 
Upright scimitar 
to left of = 
Rev. glace aSvo 
Ws 
she 
Weight : 175 grains. 
iameter : ‘8 inch. 
At the very top of the obverse, directly above the w. at, 
stands some lettering, or perhaps ornamentation, which seems 
to be repeated just below the ~ of o,2. If it really be a Per- 
sian word, and not mere scroll-work, I can only venture the 
guess that it may read 4 in one or other of the two places, 
but surely not in both 
The reverse legend is as follows :— 
poly ene Jaa we > Law Sylre aSv0 
Sikka Mubarak Sena Khass Khail, Shamsher Bahadur : 
The auspicious coin of the Commander of the Special Band, 
the Hlustrious Sword ; 
From. the first year of the Emperor Shah ‘Alam Bahadur 
(A.H. I119) the term Slo aS comes often on the Mughal 
Imperial rapees. It would seem indeed to have become almost 
the azcepted designation for the ordinary currency. Thus so 
early as the fifth year of Farrukh-siyar (A.H. 1128, A.D. 1716) 
