20 N. Journal of the Asiatic Society of Bengal. [N.S., XVIII- 
. Silver. 
The silver coins of the Sharqi Kings at present in exist- 
ence or of which descriptions have been published appear to 
be limited to two in number, viz.:— 
- A coin of Ibrahim Shah described by Mr. C. J. 
Rodgers in his article ‘‘Coins Supplementary to Mr. Thomas’ 
Chronicles of the Pathan Kings of Delhi” No. IV, published at 
page 183 et seq of the Journal of the Asiatic Society of Bengal, 
Vol. LV, Part I, 1886. A woodcut of the coin, which was 
described as dated A.H. 842. was published with the article. 
No weight was given. The coin when described by Rodgers 
was in the Da Cunha collection ; it is mentioned in the printed 
catalogue of that collection, and apparently later passed into 
the possession of Dr. White King as it was entered under 
No. 4366 in the dispersal Sale Catalogue of his collection. 
I do not know where the coin is now. In the latter publica- 
tion the date is given as A.H. 848. A comparison of the 
woodcut published by Rodgers with the figure published on Plate 
VIII of the Sale Catalogue of the White King collection offers 
conclusive proof that the two illustrations are of one and 
the same coin; and while chronology would substantiate the 
reading of the date as A-H. 842 rather than A.H. 848, the 
actual illustrations appear to suggest the reading “ wa 
instead of ‘' 43” for the unit figure. 
The coin was square-shaped with the legends on both 
faces exactly similar to those on the series described under 
Gold Type II except that the legend on the obverse is arranged 
in @ square instead of in a circle. ‘ 
2. A coin of Mahmiid Shah in Mr. Nelson Wright's 
collection. The date is not distinct but Mr. Nelson Wright 
thinks the first two figures are 86-. The weight is 176 grs. 
and the coin may possibly have been struck from a gold die 
of Type IT as it is exactly similar in all respects to the coins 
of that type. 
Billion. 
_ Ibrahim Shah coined two types in this metal both of 
which were continued by Mahmid, Muhammad and Husain. 
Mahmid introduced a third type and Husain a fourth. 
Type I. The obverse reads :— 
“The Khalif, Commander of the faithful, may his khilafat 
be perpetuated ” followed by the date in figures. ~ 
Oe reverse, in the case of the issue of Ibrahim Shah 
$:— 
“Tbrahim Shah, the Sultan, may his kingdom be 
