658 Journal of the Asiatic Society of Bengal. [December, 1910. 



* 



He described the coin as being unique, but in poor condi- 

 tion, and could not read the mint. The date is regnal year 



of the Mughal 



one 



Emperors in the Lahore Museum, p. 197, No. 5. 



I have seen this specimen, and read the mint as Murshi- 

 dabad. Subsequently Dr. Taylor informed me that he had 

 this coin, probably of Murshidabad mint, so I think the mint 



with 



The follow- 



ing coin is of similar type. It is so badly rubbed as to be 

 almost illegible, but fortunately there is enough to make 

 certain that the mint is 'Azimabad. 



No. 18. 



Obverse. Reverse. 



&Ju* 



t 



J 



U $L£ u»y\- 



/C 



r 



& 



fud 



r 



The reverse is exactly similar to that of the 'Azimabad 

 rupees of Aurangzeb's fiftieth and fifty-first years— I. M. Cat., 

 PI. XTI, No. 1252. 



I cannot make even a suggestion as to what the couplet 

 is because both top and bottom lines are illegible on this 

 specimen, and on that of Murshidabad mint just referred to. 



In my paper on the Bahawalpur coins I described mohurs 

 having the following inscriptions : — 



Obverse. Reverse. 



• 



mi 



A- 



^V csV" 



I &x~> 



I 



rhey are coins of Sahib Qiran Bahadur 

 it Mustaqirru-1-Khilafat Akbarabad in 

 nble silver coin No. 3 on page 220 of 

 e of ' The Coins of the Mughal Emperors 

 Museum.' It would appear that this 



