90 Coins from Kdshghar. [Mat, 



The following coins were exhibited at the meeting by Mr. Blochmann. 

 (1) From Dr. J. Scully, 2 gold coins, 3 silver coins, 3 copper coins, 

 from Kashghar, and sis pierced Chinese copper and brass coins, one of them 

 large, about 1^ inch in diameter. 



Dr. Scully writes — ' The gold coins are called tilla [SIJs tild, gold] ; 

 the Kashghar one is worth about Es. 5, and the Khoqand tilla about E,s. 

 6-8-0. 



' The small Kashghar silver coins are called ' tanga', and 25 of these 

 equal in value one tilla ; 5 tangas := 1 Rupee. 



' The large copper coin (Chinese) is not now in circulation in Eastern 

 TurMstan ; it was said to equal four of the small Chinese copj)er coins. 



' The pierced Chinese copper coins are called ' Dachin' ; 25 of them 

 = 1 tanga. They are the comnionest kind of coin met with in Kashgha- 

 ria. The brass coins are also called ' Dachin', but are not now in circula- 

 tion. The small Muhammadan copper coins are new ' Dachin', intended to 

 supersede the old Chinese pattern.' 



Mr. BlochmajsTS" said — 



The Muhammadan gold, silver, and copper coins, presented by Dr. Scul- 

 ly, have the following legends : 



Tlie Klwqand Tild — cy^s^ ^yLkl«) o.J|« j^ti^-j^l^j 



Bahadur Khan Sayyid Sultan Muhammad. 

 (PA* "-^•J-ti-' ii->Jj.=>. &i.Jai»v>J(j|^ *rty^ 

 Struck at the capital Khoqand, the pleasant. 



The Kdshghar Tild — I rs | ij^j^y-h <yi;Si ^^(kl.« 



Sultan 'Abdul 'Aziz Khan, A. H. 1291. 



Struck at the capital Kashghar, A. H. 1291. 



In both tilas, the legends are circular, and the margins have little 

 crosses, dots, and arabesques. 



The Kdshghar Tanga. ^J^^_jij*-h <^•^■^ 

 'Abdul 'Aziz Khan. 



Struck at Kashghar, the pleasant, A. H. 1291. 



The new Kdshghar I>achins. They have the same legend as the tanga ; 

 but Kashghar has not the epithet of latif ' the pleasant'. The epithet is 

 common on all Khoqand coins. 



The name of 'Abdul 'Aziz Khan, Sultan of Turkey, is given on the 

 coins, because the present Ataliq of Kashghar does not feel strong enough 

 to strike coins in his own name. 



