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L 149 



No. 3. — <Ala'tt-d-dIn Ma'sud Shah, 



Gold Tanka (unique). Weight 166-4 grains. Size -92". 



Obverse : — In double square 

 within circle, three dots 

 in each segment 



(1) r U>¥| «h* c$(f> 



(2) .*of aJJU^jL^lf 



Reverse 



Vrea 



enclosed 



m 



double square, with scroll 

 work in segments — 



(1) jjkjj, w Ud~(J|) 



(2) J*l &**h J USi>J| &c 



(3) 



*M Crt^J**' 



(3) 





[No margin. | 



[No margin.] 



This coin closely follows in all its details the Gauhati silver 

 coin of 'Ala'u-d-Dln described by Hoernle in the Journal for 

 1881 (pp. 58 and 59), and catalogued as No. 119 in Wright's 

 I.M.C., but the letters are much smaller and the engraving 

 better, e.g., the ^ of the <jlkLt is properly represented 

 with the three up strokes. As regards date, the Khalif Al- 

 Mustansir having died in the middle of 640 while 'Ala'u-d-Din 

 ascended the throne in 639, " it would seem to be limited to 

 one of these two years." Hoernle, however, subsequently sug- 

 gests (loc. cit., p. 64) that this was the standard die used 

 throughout c Ala'u-d-Din's reign. The mint is probably Dihll. 



No. 4. — Nasiru-d-dln Mahmud §hah. 

 Gold Tanka (unique). Weight 166'6 grains. Size 10". 



Obverse: — In double square 



Reverse : — In double square, 



within circle, four dots in with traces of ornamental scroll 



segments 



(i) 



(2) 



(3) 



J* 



( ** ) J u*W^f 



in segment 



(1) 



(2) t^tjUi.J'^.U 



[No margin.] 



(3) 



(4) ^IkU^^U) 



[No margin.] 



The coin is almost an exact copy of the Gauhati silver 

 coin of Nasiru-d-Din described by Hoernle (toe. cit., p. 59), and 

 catalogued as No. 134 of the new LM.C. ; while there is also a 



