Dr. Hoevnle-^ Report on old coins. [Jan. 



(3) Muhammad Shah, H. 960-962 = A.D. 1552-1554. 

 Copper ; type, lettered surfaces ; legible dates 



9613,962 ... ... ... 8 



Total ... 28 



II. Coins of Akbar, H. 963-1014 = A.D. 1556-1605. 



{a) Silver; with one square and one round 

 area, like Br. Mus, Cat., No. 84, date of 

 one 968 ... ... ... 2 



(b) Copper; lettered surfaces, Narnol mint, 



dates 968, 973, 974 ... ... 12 



(c) Copper ; lettered surfaces, Hisar mint, ille- 



gible dates ... ,„ ,,. 3 



(d) Copper; illegible ... ... ... 4 



Total ... 21 



Grand Total ... 49 



VI. Report on 19 old Silver Coins forwarded by the Deputy Com- 

 missioner of the Firuzpur District with his No. 1676, dated 9th October, 

 1896, and No. 1571, dated 25th September, 1896. 



The Deputy Commissioner states that 23 coins were found by a 

 zamlndar while ploughing in a field in the village of Sarai Nauga in 

 the Mukatsar Tahsil of the Firuzpur District. One specimen was 

 sent in September 1896, and the balance of 22 coins was transmitted in 

 October 1896. Of the latter number, only 18 were received by the 

 Asiatic Society of Bengal, four coins having been lost in transit, owing to 

 the cover enclosing the coins being of a very flimsy nature and tearing 

 on the way ; efforts to recover the missinof coins were made by the Post 

 Office, but unsuccessfully. The loss is of no consequence, the coins 

 being of no particular numismatic value. 



They are small silver coins of the size of 4 anna pieces, and belong 

 to the so-called Indo-Sassanian Class. They have been numerously 

 found in large quantities at various times ; and their exact attribution 

 is uncertain. They are commonly known as " Gadhiya ka paisa," and 

 are described and figured in Prinsep's Indian Antiquities (ed. Thomas), 

 Vol. I, p. 341, Plate XXVII, figs. 13-16. 



VII. Report on 21 old Silver Coins forwarded by the Deputy 

 Commissioner of Nagpur, with his No. 7707-656, dated 6th December, 

 1895. 



No information is given with regard to the date and locality of 

 the fiud. 



