242 Journal of the Asiatic Society of Bengal. [June, 1912. 
On the obverse the word below the — of ~;# and over 
%397 is almost certainly 44+. Two of the seven specimens tend 
to prove, that no word similar in form was present on the die 
over &. a. 
(3) AX. 1282; 1285; xxxx (double-pice). 
Fig. 13: Obv. @. aT 
a tar 
e 
Bogy? 
Below the figures of the 
Hijri year a scimitar, 
lengthwise, with hilt to right 
and point to left. 
Rev. jlo aSnc 
Ne 5 
Jas ue |& 
sles 
Weight: 119 grains. 
Diameter: °75 inch. 
_ _ Between the first two digits of the Hijri year, the t and r, 
intrudes a rough representation of a horse’s foot, from the 
fetlock downwards. 
May not the explanation of the two symbols on the 
obverse be that the scimitar! was chosen since pictorially sug. 
gestive of the title ys'\p yy*-*, written in full on the reverse: 
likewise the horse’s foot, since reminiscent of that other title, 
there recorded, Js & Ga, ‘Commander of the Special 
Troop (of Cavalry) ’ 2 
a has undated double-pice weighs 24] grains, and measures. 
MALHARRAV: A.H. 1287—1292; A.D. 1870—1875. 
A. Silver: RR. 1290 (two). 


een cline ———- at 
1 Skeat inclines to derive the word scimitar, or 
: scimetar, from. 
guess Seo Etym. Dict. sub voce. 
