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BEN. 5: 
It has been stated by some writers, among them the late Mr. C. J. 
Rodgers, that in the thirtieth year of his reign, when Akbar found- 
eda new religion, he changed the legends on his coins, his object appa- 
rently being that he should be looked upon and worshipped as God ; 
and coins of the kind described above have been quoted as strength- 
ening the assertion regarding the object he had inview. But, so far 
at least as these pieces are concerned, is it not more reasonable to 
suppose that the transposition of the words was due to a mistake 
in the dies which was almost immediately rectified, for if Akbar 
really intended to assume divine honours and to proclaim himself as 
God, surely these coins instead of being of the greatest degree of 
rarity, would be abundant even now, and the inscription would also 
have been found on coins of the higher denominations instead of 
being confined to four-anna bits ? 
(v) Metal, Silver, PI. IV. 6. 
Weight, 177 grains. 
Mint, Lahore. 
Date, 997 A.H. 
The rupee is apparently unique, or at any rate extremely rare, 
by reason of the mint name appearing in the upper margin of the 
reyerse. On this side, the name and titles of the king are given in 
a square with loops at the four scorners. The Kalima, with the 
usual accompaniment, appears on the obverse in a quadrilateral 
area with three curves in each side. 
(vi) Metal, Silver. 
Weight, 176 grains. 
Mint, Urdt Zafar Qarin. 
Date, Alif=1000 A.H. 
This rupee, which is precisely similar to the mohur portrayed 
as Figure 79, Plate III, of the B.M. Catalogue, is probably unique. 
It is the only round rupee of Akbar discovered so far from the camp 
mint and of the year (1000) alif. 1t was acquired in Amritsar some 
years ago. 
(vii) Metal, Silver. 
Weight, 175 grains. 
Mint, Ahmadnagar. 
Date, 4-\ahi. 
This rare coin is of rude fabric, and, in this respect, much re- 
sembles the rupees of Akbar from the Bairat Mint. The legend on 
the reverse is— 
ce!) 93744 slo 
ye) Oem! Ie 
id 
The obverse has the inscription usual on I]ahi rupees. 
Geo. B. Bueazey. 
