Vol. VI, No. 11.] Numismatic Supplement. 659 



[N.S.] 



rupee was erroneously attributed by Mr. Rodgers to 'Alamgfr 

 II, and is a coin of Shah 'Alam Bahadur I.' 



Since writing the above I have seen this silver coin in the 

 Lahore Museum, and find that it is exactly similar in type to 

 the gold coins, and bears the same dates. " I figure it here : 



N'o. 19. JR, 



Obverse . Reverse. 



C5 



Aijf^U cr^u^ 



MM * l * 



V* 



bU$f 



Rodgers' Cabinet, Lahore Museum 



Mr 



the obverse as 



>y 



>f y — 5 w-^U? <* — £*» s\ 





It does not read convincingly, but will have to stand till 

 specimens are discovered containing the bottom line intact. 

 I should prefer 



This rare variety cannot have been in circulation long, 

 and rupees of the usual type struck at Mustaqirru-1- 

 \kbarabad are known of year 1119, regnal year one. 



To sum up, at the commencement of Shah 'Alam Baha- 

 dur's reign, four places at least— Tatta, Murshidabad, 'Azlma- 

 bad (Patna), and Akbarabad (Agra)— struck coin exhibiting 

 unique legends, the first three in the name of Uu'azzam Shah, 

 and the fourth in the name of his father 'Alamgir. These 

 varieties were quickly superseded by the ordinary types, 

 which endured throughout the remainder of the reign. 



No. 20. AT. Weight, 168; size, -85. 



Mint, Firozgarh. 

 Date, 1122 A.H.; 3 R. 



