226 Philological Secretary — Beports on coins. [Nov. 



The Philological Secretary read a letter from Mr. Sandford, 

 forwarding a note from Mr. Chamberlain together with some coins found 

 at Vynot, near the N. W. Railway Station, Reti. 



The Philological Secretary exhibited eleven early Muhamma- 

 dan coins presented by Thakur Raghubir Baksk Sing, Talukdar of Reh . 

 wan, Rai Bareli district, through Mr. V. A. Smith; also two specimens 

 of silver coins found in the Hardoi district, presented by the Govern- 

 ment of the N.-W. Provinces and Oudh. 



The Philological Secretary read reports on the following finds 

 of Treasure Trove coins. 



1. Report on 196 coins forwarded by the Deputy Commissioner of 

 Shahpur with his No. 624, dated 24th July, 1889. 



The coins are stated to have been found in an earthen vessel in 

 the ground near Lodhi in the Salt Range. 



The metal of the coins is an amalgam of copper and silver, and, 

 with one exception, they are all of one kind ; viz., coins of the Pathan 

 Sultan of Dehli, Ghiyasu-d-din Balban, who reigned from A. H. 

 664-686, or A. D. 1265-i287, of the type, described and figured by 

 E. Thomas in his Chronicles of the Pathan Kings of Delhi, p. 135, 

 No. 113 (plate II, fig. 43). They show on the obverse the Sultan's 

 name and title in Arabic character, and on the reverse in a circular 

 area the word Balban in Arabic, and in a circular margin the Sultan's 

 name and title in Nagari characters. The single exception is a coin of 

 Saifu-d-din Muhammad Kutlagh Khan, who A. D. 1255 revolted against 

 the Sultan of Dehli, Nasiru-d-din Mahmud, the immediate predecessor 

 of Ghiyasu-d-din Balban. This type of coin is described and figured 

 in Prinsep's Indian Antiquities (ed. Thomas), vol. I, p. 37, (plate II, 

 fig. 14). 



2. Report on 304 silver coins, forwarded by the Deputy Commis- 

 sioner of Jabalpur, with his No. 2128, dated 15th June, 1889. 



The find-place is not stated in the Deputy Commissioner's letter. 

 The coins were forwarded, with a rough and inaccurate attempt at 

 identification, distributed in five lots. 



The coins are all rupees of the following Mughal emperors of 

 Delhi : 



I. ShA"h JahaX A. H. 1037-1068 = A. D. 1627-1658, 

 an indifferent specimen of the two-square- 

 areas type ; regnal year 17 ; 1 

 II. AurangzIb, A. H. 1068-1118 = A. D. 1658-1707; 

 indifferent specimens ; mint and dates ; ille- 

 gible on most ; one with mihr munir. 9 



