568 Journal of the Asiatic Society of Bengal. [November, 1910. 



this mint were forced currency issues of the design common to 

 it and to Dehli, Dar-ul-Islam , Lakhnauti, Daulatabad, Satgaon, 

 and Darra Dahar or Dhar. The date of the coin now pub- 

 lished is 735, while the only date so far known to exist on the 

 forced currency issue of Tirhut mint is 731. 



IV. 

 Billon. 



Weight— 50 grs. Size — # 6. 



Date— 734. 



Obverse. ' Reverse. 



In circle. In double circle 





\ Jl 



j 



aJL'I a 



; 



r>/h 



This is a variety of a common billon type of the issues of 

 Muhammad Tughlaq, in which the date is always expressed in 

 words. In one respect the coin is a freak because the word &x* 

 (year) when used on the coinage of the Dehli Sultans, is invari- 

 ably followed by the date in words. Otherwise it is a normal, 

 well-executed specimen. Two of this variety were found in the 

 same lot from which I got the coin of Shamsu-d-Din Mahmud. 



V. 



Billon. 

 Weight— 52 grs. Size— -7. 



Obverse. Reverse. 



In circle In circle. 



erf 



^ jjfci»*Jf 





aa^» 



Like 



a common 



billon type of Muhammad Tughlaq' s coinage. Instead of th< 

 date in figures appear the words <j l ti~Jl. The coin is thin 

 and the lettering is distinct in style. 



VI. Firoz Shah with Zafar. 



Billon. 



Weight— 75 grs. Size— -5 



Mint— Dehli. 



