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Note.—The numeration of the article below is chhtiaued 
from p. 446 of the ‘‘ Journal and Proceedings’’ for 1908. 
The Date of the ae Coins—A_ Rejoinder. 
59.—I1t was with no little surprise I read in the Journal and 
Proceedings of the Asiatic Society of Bengal for May, 1908, a ae 
note by Mr. Beveridge, in which the old fiction is again n adva ced, 
that the Salimi coins were issued during Akbar’s lifetime, either 
tory evidence has been adduced. Biever. as the subject is ‘ha 
being broached anew, it may be well to indicate once more 
evidence the coins themselves supply, vont of the  dasorvodly 
discredited hypothesis. The Salimi co whether in silver or. 
in copper, are all dated, and nota iioke one of the dates they 
bear admits of reference to any period i in Akbar’s lifetime. On 
the other hand, every one of the dates finds a simple and natural 
explanation when assigned to the term, rae Bie? = nine 
months, immediately subsequent to Akbar’s death. The month 
in which he died was the 6th (Jumada II) of the Hijri year - 1014: 
rad aied oneuin Beat in the Persian here to the 8th month (Aban n) 
his 50th regnal year. For coin purposes it suffices to know the 
‘ont and year of the Rien cai” s decease. As to the exact day 
of Akbar’s death the Histories are not concordant. — See on this 
subject an informing note on pages 212 and 213 of Blochmann’s 
volume of the tr; ranslation of the “ Ain-i-Akbari.” Mr. Beveridge is, 
month Aban. In my article in the Numismatic Mail Beotonrs 
No. 1, 1904, I accepted as the ‘date of Jahangir’s accession the 8th 
of Jumada Il. Mr. Beveridge now rightly corrects the 8th to 
h 4 
his son, the Prince Satine ascended the throne as the Emperor 
J ahangir. 
Thus the cme that now falls to be answered is, Were the 
Salimi coins issued 1 bar’s coogi that is to say, Were they 
issued before Aban 50 ? Now these coins, as we have already 
said, are themselves dated, and not one of them bears a date prior 
to that month of Aban: The dates‘ are, and quite distinctly, 
