1898.] Philological Secretary — Report on Coins. 161 



(2). With Kalimah, Mint and Date on 06?\, as in 

 Brit. Mus. Cat., No. 403. Only one coin shows 

 traces of mint, probably Ahraadabad ... 3 : 11 



Shahjahan (A.H. 1037-1068 = A.D. 1628-1658) : 



Square areas, regnal year within square area of Bev., 

 above letter sha; Hijrah year within square area and 

 margin of Obv. Name of Mint gone on all specimens. 

 Date: H. y.2 (R. y. 15)^; H. y. 1052 (16)^; 1053 

 (17)2; 1054 (18)2; io54 (18)2; on one coin 

 illegible ... ... ... ... 9 



Total ... 40 



III. Report on 20 old coins, forwarded by Maulavi Fazl-ullah, 

 Sub-Registrar of Gaya, with his letters, dated 27th May, 1897, and 9th 

 July, 1897. 



They were found some 10 feet below the surface of the earth, 

 when a well was sunk in a village called Erki, about 29 miles north of 

 Gaya, situated midway on the Patna and Gaya Road. They belong 

 to the class called ' punch-marked Coins,' and are of silver, 7 being round 

 pieces, and the rest, viz., 13 approximately square or oblong pieces. 

 The punch-marks on the Obi\ of these coins are the usual ones ; the 

 Rev. of a few pieces shows traces of a wheel and some other marks of 

 uncertain meaning. Nothing can be said as to the date of these coins. 

 Speaking generally, this class must be considered the oldest among 

 Indian coins, but we do not know how long the practice of issuing 

 money ^Q^f this kind continued in the different parts of India. 



IV. Report on 163 old coins forwarded by the Deputy Com- 

 missioner of Nimar with his No. 2741, dated 6th July, 1897. 



Nothing is known as to locality and time of the find. 

 The coins are Rupees of the Suri King Sher Shah, and the Mughal 

 Emperors Akbar, Jahangir, Shahjahan and Aurangzeb, mostly ia 

 an indifferent condition. 



Sher Shah (A.H. 946-952=A.D. 1539-1545) : 



Type similar to Brit. Mus. Cat., No. 537. Margins 



gone, Mint and Date illegible ... ... 1 



Akbar (A.H. 963-1014 = A.D. 1556-1605) : 



(1) Qandahar Ilahi Rupees: of Ahmadabad Mint*, 

 Burhanpur^, Delhii, Labor (date: Ilahi years 42 

 and 46)2 ... ... ... ... q 



