Dr. Hoernle — Report on old coins. [Jan. 



3, a third variety which agrees witli the second variety 

 in the reading of the obverse, but further substitutes 

 al-Tdy'allah for SuhuMigin on the reverse. On this 

 variety, therefore, these two words occupy positions 

 exactly the reverse of those on the first variety. 

 Of this thi^ variety there are specimens ... 8 



Total ... 730 



Varieties 2 and 3 are extremely rare. So far as I can discover, 

 they do not exist in the British Museum. The Lahore Museum posses- 

 ses one specimen of the second variety ; it is No. 11 in its Catalogue, 

 Voh II, page 24. On the other hand, the Indian Museum in Calcutta 

 possesses one specimen of the third variety ; it is No. 7847 in its 

 Catalogue, Vol. IV, page 153. There is also one of this variety in 

 the India Office, from Masson's collection, described by Thomas in the 

 Journal R. A. S., Vol. IX, page 305. No others are known to me. 



The coins are in very fair condition, so far as their circular areas 

 are concerned. The margins, however, which give the mint and date, 

 are in most cases wholly gone ; and in the few exceptional cases, they 

 are mere fragments and almost unreadable. In no case are either mint 

 or date fully determinable. 



III. Report on 10 Old Coins forwarded by the Deputy Commis- 

 sioner of Gujranwala with his No. 392, dated 17th March ,1896. 



The Deputy Commissioner's letter contains no information as to 

 the date and the locality of the find. 



The coins are of mixed metal (copper with a little silver) and 

 belong to the early period of the Muhamraadan occupation of India. 

 They imitate the well-known early Hindu coinage of the Bull and 

 Horseman class. They are all in a very indifferent condition, showing 

 the merest fragments of their legends. The following is a detailed 

 statement: — 



(1) Coins of Saifu-d-din Hasan Qurlagh, about 625-640 



H. = 1227-1242 A.D., see Thomas' Chronicles, 

 No. 82 ... ... ... ... 8 



(2) Coin of Mu'izzu-d-din Bahram Shah, like Br. Mus. 



Cat., No. 70-72 ... ... ... 1 



(3) Coin undetermined ; obv. Horseman with traces of 



•^^T: hamirah ; rev. recumbent bull with traces 

 of a legend, of which only ^tjj putha is legible. It 

 is perhaps a coin of Prithiraj of Delhi ... 1 



Total ... JO 



