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(III) Report on 17 old silver coins, forwarded by the Deputy Com- 

 missioner of Nagpur, with his No. 3354/656, dated Nagpur, 30th May, 

 1894. 



The coins are stated to have been found on the 18th October, 

 1893. The exact locality of the find is not mentioned. 



The coins are old Nagpuri Rupees of native mintage, in the 

 usual indifferent condition, and of a very comman type. Sixteen 

 among them are issues of Al^mad Shah Bahadur (1161-1167 A. H.= 

 1748-1754 A.D. ) and one of Shah 'Alam. Some of the former show 

 the mint name Surat, others seem to have Katak. The date is lost on 

 all of them. 



(TV) Report on 51 old silver coins, forwarded by the Deputy 

 Commissioner of Nagpur, with his Ko. 4558/656, dated Nagpur, 

 23rd July, 1894. 



The coins are stated to have been found in Mouza Kumbhari, 

 Tahsil Ramtek, while digging in a field. 



They are small silver coins, of the kind generally known as 

 " Gradia." They are described and figured in the late Sir A. Cunning- 

 ham's Coins of Mediaeval India, p. 53, plate VI., figs. 7 and 8, and else- 

 where. The coins of the present find are of two slightly differing 

 varieties or dies, and very much clipped. 



(V) Report on eleven old silver coins, forwarded by the Deputy 

 Commissioner of Shah pur, with his No. 751, of 2nd November, 1895. 



The coins are stated to have been found in the town of Miani in 

 the Shah pur district. 



They are all rupees of the Durrani king of Afghanistan, Mnh- 

 mud Shab, who reigned from 1216-1245 A H. = 1801-1829 A.D. They 

 are also all of the Kashmir mint, and of the year 1217, regnal 2. 



(VI) Report on five old silver coins, forwarded by the Collector of 

 Champaran, with his No. 832, dated Motihari, the 5/16th November, ]894. 

 The Collector reports in his letter, addressed to the Commission- 

 er of the Patna Division, No. 831, dated Motihari, 5/16th November, 

 1893, that in February, 1893, hidden treasure, amounting to Rs. 2,000, 

 was found in the village of Dumri, under a pakka wall. Only 5 coins 

 of this treasure vvere recovered by the police. 



These five coins are rupees of the following Mu gh ul emperors of 

 Delhi :— 



a, Akbar, 963-1014 A.H. = 1556-1605 A.D. 



An Ilahi rupee, month Isfandarmuz, of the A^imad- 

 abad mint, regnal year 4J (?), like Br, Mus. Cat., 

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