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evident when a comparison is made between Siiklenmun's coin 

 of 1543 (No. 1, Plate XXIX of Vol. I of the I.M.C.), Nasrat 

 Shah's coin (No. 248, Plate V, IM.C. Vol. II), and MahmM's 

 coin given on PL VI of the same Catalogue. The Ahom coins, 

 it is true, are octagonal for the reason stated on page 97 of 

 Mr. Gait 5 s History, viz., that the Yogini Tanira describes the 

 Ahom country as being of this shape, and the weight may 

 also be based on the old Hindu standard of 1J panas or 180 

 grains {vide Walsh, op. cit., p. 676) instead of the tanka of 175; 

 but apart from these differences, the resemblance is marked. 



To enable the derivation of the Ahom coinage from that of the 

 Husaini Kings to be readily seen, I give in the annexed Plate 

 XXIII, obverse of one Nasrat Shah coin and reverse of another 

 of the type referred to (Nos. 11 and 12, both from my own cabi- 

 net) side by side with an undescribed coin of Chakradhvaja, who 

 ruled over Assam from 1663 to 1670 (c/. Mr. Gait's History, pp. 

 144 — 149). The coin of Ghiyasu-d-Dln Mahmud previously re- 

 ferred to is also reproduced (No. 13). * 



No. 14. — Silver coin of Chakradhvaja Simha — (belonging 

 to Babu Prithvindra Mohan Ray, Zemindar of Rowile, Dacca 

 District). 



Weight 174-1 grains. Size— 83". Date 1585 Saka 



= 1663 A.D. 



Obverse — In a double octagon Reverse — Appearance as on 

 with row of dots between, obverse. 



(1) Mv (l) Mf* 



(2) tf C^fT to>9T (2) T3~hKT *ftf1 



(3) w fatca -fa* (3) 3fT^*r*1 



(4) *tv* (4) TK>n 



as well as 



figured 



of the I.M.C., the winged dragon is wanting, a fact which 



coins in Ah 



1 The following are the details of coins No. 11, 12 and 13 : 



No. 11.— Nasrat Shah (Obverse) ; So. 12— Nasrat Shah (Reverse) of 



927 A.H. ; mint Nasratabad. 927 A.H. : mint Nasratabad. 



Weight 1»0'3 grains. Size Weight 161-6 grains; Size^90". 

 (across • 84' ; top to bottom 



-90"). 



(1) ^tl^Uf (1) & lkLmi[23j*i 



(2) ^ttl—il ( ^ ) (2) & U*L* »U ^^^-^u* 



(3) ^*)| j U>*Jf ^-*li (3) a£Lc <xii* 



(4) y&Jt y\ (4) irv »ti \jj*i 



