1889.] Philological Secretary — Reports on coins. 231 



Accordingly the coins may be classified thus : — 

 Class I, obverse : Sassanian Head. 



Variety 1, fair execution (head of Firiiz) 



No. of Specimen. 

 Sub-variety a, reverse : star on left, crescent on 



right, ... ... 12 



,, b, „ : crescent on left, star on 



right, ... ... 18 



,, c, ,, : crescent on both sides, ... 2 



„ d, ,, : double-struck, ... 1 



Total, ... 33—33 

 Variety 2, crude execution (head of Firiiz) 



Sub-variety a, reverse : star on left, crescent on 



right, ... ... 37 



,, b, ,, : crescent on left, star on 



right, ... ... 27 



Total, ... 64—64 

 Variety 3, moustached head ; reverse of all have star 



on left, crescent on right, total, ... ... 30 



Indifferent specimens of Class I, total, ... ... 39 



Class II, obverse: Barbarian Head, total, ... ... 9 



Total ... 78—78 



Grand total, ... 175 



6. Report on 395 old coins forwarded by the Deputy Commis- 

 sioner of Shahpur with his No. 586, dated 10th July, 1889. 



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

 hill-side near the village of Chitta in the Salt-range by a man called 

 'A'lam Khan, who was digging out stones to make a wall. 



The metal of the coins is a mixture of silver and copper. Their size 

 is very small, about that of a 2-anna piece. They belong to Saifu-d-din 

 Hasan Qurla gh about A. H. 620 = A. D. 1222. They have been de- 

 scribed by E. Thomas in his Chronicles of the Pathan Kings of Delhi, 

 p. 96. They are coins of the so-called " bull and horseman" type and have 

 been found rather numerously of late. On most of them (321 speci- 

 mens) the legends are illegible ; on the remainder (74 specimens) the 

 legend is more or less fully preserved. 



