1(}6 Pliilological Secretary — Report on coins. [June, 



VIII. Report on 110 old coins, and 6 broken pieces of such, 

 forwarded by Deputy Commissioner of Rawalpindi, with his No. 936- G, 

 dated 9th March, 1898. 



The coins were found in a ravine within the limits of Nakka, a 

 Tillage in the Pindi Gheh Tahsil of the Rawalpindi District. They 

 are all silver coins {dirJiams) of the early Pathan Sultan of Delhi, 

 Muhammad ibn Sam, mostly in an indifferent condition. 



The following varieties are found among them : — 



Muhammad ibn Sam (A,H. 589-602=A.D. 1193-1205) :— 



(1) Type as in Brit. Mus. Cat., No. 2, Mint : Ghaznih 



on three coins ; date : fi-l-awwal zi-l-hijjah " on 

 the first day of Zu-1-hijjah " on two coins ; fi 

 zi'l-hijjaJij year 596 on one ; others illegible ... 4 



(2) Type as in Brit. Mus. Cat., No. 3 ; only fragments 



of date legible ... ... ... 2 



(3) Type as in Thomas' Chronicles, p. 17, No. 4 ... 1 



(4) Type as in Journal, As. Soc. Beng. Yol. LII, 1883, 



Part I, p. 57, No. 9 = Plate IV, No. 9 ; Mint and 



Date obliterated ... ... ... 2 



(5) Issue of Taju-d-din Yildiz : as in Brit. Mus. Cat., 



No. 20. Date : 608 on 8 coins ; on four coins 

 , . perhaps 610, on others obliterated ... ... 101 



Total ... 110 



Of the 6 broken pieces, 5 belong to coins of type No. 5, and one 

 to a coin of type No. 3. 



IX. Report on 121 old Silver Coins, forwarded by Deputy Com- 

 missioner of Rawalpindi District, writh his No. 937 G., dated 9th March, 

 3898. 



The coins were found within the common lands of Dhak Halim, a 

 hamlet in the Pindi Gheh Tahsil of the Rawalpindi Distnct. They 

 are all Rupees of the following Mughal Emperors : 

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



Type: Square Areas ; Mint and Date illegible ... 2 



Aurangzeb (A.H. 1069-1118 = A.D. 1659-1707): 



Usual type, with hadr-i-munir ; Mint : Etawa 1099^ 

 1114s, 11171 ; Narnol2 (3117 on one coin); Surat^ 

 (1115 on one coin) ; Mint and Date illegible ^^ ... 28 



Jahandar (A.H. 1124 = A.D. 1712) : 



Usual type ; Mint and Date illegible ... ... 2 



