18 N. Journal of the Asiatic Society of Bengal. [N.S., XVII, 
The patterns introduced by Ibrahim Shah were reproduced by 
his three immediate successors who, although they occasionally 
introduced a new type, usually contented themselves with sub- 
stituting (or adding) their names to the legends of the issues of 
their predecessor. 
ibrahim, Mahmud and Husain coined in gold but no issue 
in this metal is known of Muhammad Shah. Ibrahim certainly 
indulged in an issue in silver and a silver coin of Mahmid 
Shah, struck probably from the gold die, is in Mr. Nelson 
Wright's s ee No silver issue is known of Muhammad 
or of H 
€ «>; All ele kings coined in billon and in copper. 
Gold. 
» Ibrahim issued two types of coin in this metal, the earlier 
of which bore a close likeness to the gold issue of Fath Khan 
Tughlaq. Mahmid and Husain apparently minted the second 
type only. 
Type I complies with the normal weight of 175 grs 
for a Dehli tanka—a specimen in the British Museum collec- 
tion however exceeds this wei 
The legend on the obverse consists of a central inscription 
enclosed in a circle with a marginal legend giving the date 
in Arabic words solio wing the formula “ minted as a dinar in 
the year... ...., 
The central inscription reads :— 
“In the time of the Imam, Commander of the Faithful, 
Father of phased may his khilafat be perpetuate 
The reverse legend which occupies the full face of the 
coin, roars 
ss The supreme sovereign, the sun of the world and 
religion, Abil-Muzaffar Ibrahim Shah, the Sulfan, may his 
kingdom be perpetuated.” 
The issue of this type of gold coin was apparently made 
only by tbrahim® and h@ appears to have pie the issue 
sometime between the years A.H. 836 and A.H. 840 
I am able to record dated coins of Type I of the years 
British 
ally 

1 Mr. Lane-Poole in the Pg re of Indian Coins in the 
Museum, Muhammadan States, draws attention to the grammatic 
incorrect use of the feminine a and pronoun =v yo with the masculine 
near Ie 
in No. 4374 of the White King Collection Sale C atalogue w#8 
5 cae ore of Mabmiid of A.H. 845. Reference is made in the pet 
alogue to Type I of the coat issue of Ibrahim, but as reference ew ck 
made II of the a king the gee affords no evide 
that Mahmid ever issued e 'y mas however at 
321 of his ‘* Chronicles” mentions (6) a coin of "Mahmid ng 
855 and weight 175°2 grs. as having been in the Guthrie collectio t 
n find this coin in no Sariestion: and am therefore unwilling to to include 

