DEPARTMENT OF COINS AND MEDALS. 99 



5. Oriental Series : — 



(a) Coins : — 



2 gold mohurs of the Gupta Dynasty struck by Kumara 

 Gupta I. A.D. 412-450, of the archer and lion type, and the 

 horseman and goddess (Lakshmi) type. 



4 silver coins of Muhammad bin Latif of Gujarat found in 

 the Betul District. 



Presented by the Department of Agriculture, 

 Central Provinces, India. 



2 gold coins of Achin (Malay Archipelago). 



Presented by Warren D. Barnes, Esq. 



3 silver coins of Alamgir II. (Emperor of Delhi) struck at 

 Kashmir; of Mahmud (Afghanistan) also struck at Kashmir; 

 and of Kuang Hsii (1875-1909) struck at Kashgar ; also 2 

 Muhammadan amulets issued in Northern India. 



Presented by W. P. Appleford, Esq. 

 10 rupees of Shah Alam, Emperor of Delhi, struck at 

 Ahmadnagar and Farrukhabad of various dates ; and 5 others 

 of the same ruler struck at Bareli. 



Presented by the Government of the United 

 Provinces, India. 

 15 rupees of the Mogul Emperors of Delhi : — Akbar,. 

 Jahangir, Shah Jahan, Farrukh Siyar, Shah Alam I. and II., etc. ; 

 also 3 rupees of Haidarabad ; and a Persian dirhem of Husain 

 Shah struck at Isfahan in A.H. 1132. 



Presented by Evelyn Grant Duff, Esq., c.B. 



4 half-pagodas of Vijayanagara struck by Devaraya II., 

 Achyutaraya, Sadasivaraya, and Krishnaraya ; and 2 pagodas 

 of Ikkeri struck by Sadasiva. 



Presented by the Government of Madras. 

 3 base silver coins struck by the Mahdi at Omdurman. 



Presented by Hoivland Wood, Esq. 

 The Bleazby Collection of Muhammadan Coins of India. 

 Presented by Henry Van den Bergh, Esq., through the ■ 

 National Art-Collections Fund. 

 This collection, which consists of 173 specimens in gold, 

 1,480 in silver, and 994 in billon and copper, was formed by 

 Mr. George Bleazby during a long residence in India. In 

 making this collection Mr. Bleazby insisted on two points, viz., 

 the historical importance of the coins and their state of 

 preservation. The result has been that it is without exception 

 the finest and most complete that has ever been brouo-ht 

 together by a private individual. The series comprises coins 

 of the six dynasties, known as the Sultans of Delhi, and of the 

 Moghul Emperors of India, whose seat of Government was also 

 at Delhi, and it forms a magnificent record of the history of 

 India from a.d. 1166, when the victorious Muhammad bin Sam 

 finally crushed the opposition of the Rajputs and became the 

 first Muhammadan ruler of India till the deposition of Bahadur 



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