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iifine Finds of Old Coins. 



[Nov., 



VIII. Report on 346 old copper coins forwarded hy the Deputy Commis- 

 sioner of Gujrat with his No. 1061, dated 4ith August 1885. 



1. They were found buried at Mauza Basli, Tabsil Kharan, Gujrat 

 District. They number 346 and are all of copper. 



2. They are all coins of Sultan Sikandar Shah, son of Sultan 

 Bahlol Shah, of the House Lodi, who sat on the throne of Delhi from 

 A. H. 894—923, or A. D. 1488—1517. They are of two very slightly 

 differing varieties ; the difference consisting merely in the type of the 

 letters. They are well-known, and described and figured by E. Thomas 

 in his Chronicles of the Pathan Kings of Delhi, No. 316, p. 366, 

 plate V, fig. 167. The following regnal years are represented in the 

 collection : 



A. H 



. 895, 



specimens 



1 'A 



. H. 



913, specimens 6 





896, 



If 



1 



>» 



914, 



6 





897, 



It 



2 



)> 



915, 



10 





898, 



fi 



5 



j> 



916, 



6 





899, 



ft 



3 



» 



917, 



10 





900, 



J> 



3 



j> 



918, 



11 





901, 



Jj 



1 



j> 



919, 



11 





902, 



If 



2 



j> 



920, 



1 



>> 



903, 



)j 



2 







Brought over 29 



» 



906, 



J) 



2 









If 



907, 



jj 



2 







Total, ... 90 





908, 



>} 



2 









tt 



910, 



Total, ... 



3 



29 









Specimens 



with clear 



dates 



90 









» 



„ imperfect „ 



99 









n 



„ illegible 



5 » 



115 









„ sticking together „ 



61 







Total, ... 346 

 IX. Report on 232 old copper coins forwarded hy the Offg. Deputy Com- 

 missioner of Seoni, Central Provinces, with his No. 1759, dated Seoni 

 2nd July 1885. 



1. The find-place of the coins is not specified. They number 232, 

 are of copper, and in very bad condition. 



2. Owing to the bad condition of the coins I have found great 

 difficulty in identifying them. Not less than 182 among them are so 

 much worn as now to present entirely smooth surfaces, with no trace 



