1885.] Nine Finds of Old Coins. 129 



V. Report on two old Silver coins forwarded by the First Asst. Agent to 



Govr.'Genl., Bajputdna, with his No. 1241 G of 20th May 1885. 

 '1. The find-place is not stated. Apparently in the neighbourhood 

 of Abii. 



2. One of the coins is a so-called " Pathan " coin, viz., of Ala- 

 u-d-din, Muhammad Shah, Sultan of Delhi, the XIV th of the 

 so-called " Pathan " kings of Delhi, from A. H. 695—715 = 

 A. D. 1295 — 1315. The margin which contained mint and 

 date is worn away. The coin is well known, and described 

 in E. Thomas' Chronicles of the Pathan kings of Delhi, p. 171, 

 No. 132 (Plate III, No. 57) ... ... ... 1 



3. The other coin is a " Mughal " coin, viz., one of Sultan Jehangir 



Shah, son of Akbar Shah, A. H. 1014— 1037=A. D. 1605— 

 1627. It bears date 1027, the 12th year of his reign ... 1 



VI. Report on five ancient coins forwarded by the Deputy Gommissioner of 



Gurdaspur with his No. 619, of the 2Sth May 1885. 



1. The coins were found in the district of Gurdaspur. The locality 

 is not further specified. They number five. 



2. Their age and attribution is still uncertain. They bear, how- 

 ever, a rude resemblance to the coins of Samudra Gupta, of the old 

 imperial Gupta family, who reigned in the 3rd century A. D. They 

 have been described by Prinsep in his Indian Antiquities (ed. E. Tho- 

 mas) Vol. I, pp. 227 (Plate XXII, fig. 13). 



Obverse. Standing figure of king with some letters arranged per- 

 pendicularly (Chinese fashion), under his arm Keda, near the left 

 margin Kapa, near the right margin Sha, 



Reverse. Figure of a goddess (Lakshmi ?) seated on a throne. 



3. They are of mixed metal, some kind of debased gold (elec- 

 trum ;) their numismatic value is about Rs. 5 each. 



VII. Report on an ancient gold coin forwarded by the Collector of 



Bhagalpur with his No. 757, G , dated 24ith June 1885. 



1. The find- place is not stated. It is very desirable to have 

 precise information on this point, especially in the case of gold and 

 silver coins. 



2. The coin is an Indo-Scythian one ; it is usually ascribed to 

 Vasu Deva, about the end of the 2nd century A. D. It has been de- 

 scribed by Prinsep in his Indian Antiquities (ed. Thomas) Vol. I, p. 227 

 (Plate XXII, fig. 4), also by H. H. Wilson in the Ariana Antiqua, 

 p. 378 (Plate XIV, figs. 12, 13, 14) Coins of this kind are rare and 

 valuable. Their numismatic value is about Rs. 20 ; intrinsic about 

 Rs. 13. 



