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3. Similar type, very rude : 



Obv. Head of king to r. 



Legend : Cri-vi-Qia ?) 



Bev. Fire-altar. 



Identical with No. 8545-8550, p. 94, Part HI, of 

 Mr. Rodgers' Catalogue of Coins in Indian 

 Museum. They look very much like a crude 

 imitation of type 2, the only difference being 

 the absence of the letter ma on Rev. and a 

 different arrangement of the legend on Obv. 

 Most of the specimens belonging to this type 

 are very much worn, showing only slight 



traces of Crl on Obv. The letter vi is visible 



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on about 100 specimens ; after this on about 10 

 specimens, traces of a third letter, perhaps ha, 

 can be seen. What the complete legend of 

 Obv. really was, remains doubtful, but the coins 

 may safely be described as a rude imitation 

 of the Vigraha-Type (No. 2). 



Number of pieces (Silver) ... ... 683 



Total ... 743 



VI. Report on 14 old Silver Coins, 30 broken pieces of such, and 

 2 melted pieces, forwarded by Covenanted Deputy Collector in charge 

 of Deputy Commissioner's Office, Sonthal Parganas, with his No. 



^-, dated 10th December, 1897. 

 8837' 



The coins are reported to have been found by a boy in Chandsar, 

 a village in the Rajmahal Subdivision, Sonthal Parganas, where they 

 lay buried under-ground in a small earthen pot. Out of the 30 broken 

 pieces, six complete coins could be put together, the total amount 

 of coins thus being 20. All of them are Rupees of the Independant 

 Kings of Bengal. They are, as a rule, in a fair condition, the legends 

 being clearly legible, but, unfortunately, the margins, containing the 

 date are gone in most of them. Coins of this class are rare, and 

 possess a great numismatic value. 

 Their classification is thus : — 



SiKANDAR Shah I. (A.H. 759-792 = A.D. 1358-1389): 

 as in Brit. Mus. Cat., No. 37. Mint Firozabad on one 

 coin, Date obliterated ... ... ... 2 



^lYAsu-D-DiN A'zAM Shah (A.H. 792-799 = AD. 



