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112. THe Coins or tHE Kines or AWADH. 
Plates XXI—X XIII. 
As far as I have been able to gather no article has ever 
appeared dealing in any way with the series of coins issued b 
the Kings of Awadh. The following account cannot pretend 
to supply this deficiency ; itis based primarily upon a collec- 
tion made by myself during the past two years, and on an exam- 
ination of the collection of Awadh coins in the Lucknow 
Museum, A manuscript catalogue of the coins of this dynasty 
in the British Museum was kindly sent me by the Keeper of 
Coins and Medals, Mr. H. G. Grueber, in using which I have 
had in some cases to resort to conjecture. The catalogue 
at the end of this article may at least be of use to collectors 
who possess any of these coins. 
Of the collections of Awadh coins which exist in public 
museums, that in the British Museum (not at present cata- 
logued in print) is the most representative: it possesses most 
of the types issued by the different kings in all three metals. 
There is a fair collection of the silver coins in the Lucknow 
Museum (also uncatalogued). There was a small but valuable 
Museum and the Lahore Museum appear in the respective 
catalogues of those collections drawn up by Rogers. 
he little interest which these coins have attracted is due 
probably to three reasons; they are of comparatively recent 
issue; there are among them very few specimens of peculiar 
interest or rarity; and there is, at least at first sight, a 
lack of variety in the series; the prescribed pattern for the 
year is repeated on every coin of that year whatever its de- 
nomination, in all three metals. 
There are, however, among them some admirable exam- 
ples of the moneyer’s art, some of Wajid ‘Ali’s gold and silver 
coins, for example, the script on the obverse of which is little 
inferior to the script on the Moghul coins of the best 
period. From the artistic point of view, too, the Coronation 
medal of Ghaziu-d-din Haidar is an interesting piece of work : 
while the representation of figures on the coins of Musulmans is 
always a curiosity. addition to these recommendations 
the authority of the Court at Dehli, was Muhammad Amin, 
etter known as S‘adat Khan. He was descended from a 
