Vol. I, No. 4.] Numismatic Supplement. 135 
[N. 8.] 
French a 8 Ser: Now, in the 45th regnal year of 
Shah ‘Alam II the year of the issue of this quarter 
x 7 Ta08 3 4 
rupee, France was still a belligerent power, gut hostlle de- 
signs against British India. It is thus well-nigh incredible that 
any coin struck in that year by the English at either Bombay 
on Surat, cities remote from the sphere of French influence, should 
bear this acknowledged symbol of French ascenden 
5. An Dees Delhi a of the quarter-rupee i is included 
in Plate XXXI of the Bri _ Museum Catalogue ; but the mint- 
name as there owee ast in my copy—does not admit of 
con gsacita as Mumbai-St mrs 
ejecting for the above reasons the ehh Museum version, 
I venture to submit the following as the true rendering of the 
heme = is oe so far as the plan boot on the reverse 
of thi 
vale 8 din 
mye 
BY od i 
If this reading be correct, the quarter-rupee was struck at the 
Mahistir (Mysore) Mint. At Mysore the French held a dominant 
position till the fall of Serinenpelatl in 1799, and doubtless the 
crescent on this coin hs 1803-4 stands as a survival from that 
earlier period of pow: 
A ae of this quarter-rupee (No. 80) with the Pondi- 
achhlipatan rupees (Nos. 128 and 143) reveals the 
arrangement of the — of the legend is pone Hm the same, 
ahor Museum Seals ogue registers a full rupee of Mahisir, 
dated the 47th year of Shah ‘Alam II, but unfortunately the 
description given of this rupee is imperfect. It would be interest- 
ing to examine the coi — and see igen = le and make 
Query :—In the L. M. Catal. Redgecs! s brief note reads :— 
“Year vie (for fv) and mint yy sy? -” end this ve 
(?=1v....) stand for the regnal year “4a” prece- 
ded by a rudely formed or misshapen crescent ?* 
Gro. P. Tartor, 
Ahmadabad. 
SUC ee 
€ ascertained from Lahor that the reverse of this coin bears the 
crescent ¢ symbol to the left of ye.—H. N. W. 
