6 Exhibit ion of Coins ly Mr. Gills. fJ^N., 



inscription differs slightly. I do not think it was one of the original set. 

 The Aquarius is of great importance, as it has the Ahmedabad reverse, 

 having been coined there in 1027. I know no other gold coin from this 

 mint, from which issued the silver only, and as no silver Aquarius is known 

 in any collection, I am inclined to think that this was struck, perhaps as a 

 pattern, from the silver die. The Aquarius coins in the British Museum differ, 

 but are all, so far as the obv. goes, very poor, — a single figure, male or 

 female, with waterpots, or an old man seated pouring water over his shoulder. 

 The latter I consider not a genuine coin. I produce one of them and it 

 •will be seen that it is of very inferior work. 



The silver are 6, — Taurus, Leo, Cancer, Aries, Gemini, and Pisces, all 

 struck at Ahmedabad. The other signs are not known to have issued in 

 this metal from this mint, and the Pisces of my collection is unique, no 

 other specimen being known. The work on the Obv. of these silver coins is 

 fine, and the design on the Taurus especially much more spirited than that 

 on the gold. 



I exhibit also a Scorpio in silver, but it is from the Agra gold die. 

 There are specimens struck from several of the gold dies in silver, but they 

 are mere specimens, the current silver being all struck at Ahmedabad. 



I also exhibit a very rare square gold mohur of Jehanghir with in- 

 scription, Obv. "Noor-ud-din Jehanghir Shah Acbar Shah." Bev. " Mah 

 Kurdad-ilahi Zarab, Agra 1020." This is one of the coins struck in the Elahi 

 Era, the writing is in the Nishki style, and the work very fine. It is, I 

 believC; unique. 



The square silver rupee is also, a very rare coin : it has on its Obv, 

 " Noor-ud-din Jehanghir Shah Akbar Shah, Zarab Agra. Mah Ardebihist 

 13. 



I need not enlarge on the zodiac coins, but will refer those who wish for 

 more information, especially as to the forgeries, to my paper in the Bombay 

 Branch Royal Asiatic Society's Journal in Vol. XIV, p. 155, and to 

 Marsden's work. 



The following papers were read — 



1. On fhe excavations made in tlie erection of the OJJiees of the East Indian 

 Mailioay and the remains of Old Fort William found at the time. — 

 Bij R. R. Bayne, M. R. I. B. A. 



(Abstract.) 



This paper recorded the positions of the North curtain wall and the 

 N. E. Bastion of the old fort, which were entirely uncovered and partly 

 destroyed in putting in the foundations of the new offices for the E. I. 

 Railway. 



