4 EccTiilition of Coins ly Mr. Oilhs. [Jan., 



son's Persian Dictionary, by Wilkins, p. 5^36, word *>-«», under which a 

 description of the coin of Shah Jehan is given. The translation of the 

 inscription is : 



Ohv. centre. " The bright star of Religion, Muhammad, a second 

 Sahib Kiraii, Shah Jehan, the victorious Emperor. 



In the 4 segments : 



" The impression on this coin, of 200 mohurs, was struck by Divine 

 favor, 



" By the second Sahib Kiran, Shah Jehan, the defender of the faith." 



** May the face of gold, from the sculpture of this coin, enlighten the 

 ■world, 



" As the splendid face of the moon is (illuminated) by the rays of 

 the sun." 



Rev. 



The Mahommedan creed, followed by " struck in the palace of Shah 

 Jehanabad (Dehli) A. H. 1064 (A. D. 1653). 



In the segments : 



" Religion was enlightened by the truth of Abubekre." 



" The faith was strengthened by the justice of Omar." 



"Piety was refreshed by the mildness and modesty of Othman." 



"The world was illumined by the learning of Ali." 



In Thomas, page 418, Akbar is said to have coined m.assive pieces in gold 

 called Sihansah, value 100 Lai Jalali, or 101 tolas 9 mashi 7 rutti and 

 fractional portions of them. In the collection of the Bombay Branch, Royal 

 Asiatic Society, there is a fine one of 5 gold mohurs, which was presented by 

 a banker of Guzerat, Rao Bahadur Premabhai Hemabai. These copies of 

 these splendid coins were sent by General Cunningham with the following 



note : — 



*' The 200 gold mohur piece was at Patna some 50 to 80 years 

 ao-o. I believe there is a notice of it in the Preface to Richardson's Persian 

 Dictionary. 



The 100 gold mohur piece was at Benares 45 years ago, and is I 

 believe still there. 



I take both pieces to be Nazzarndna medals. The noble who had to 

 present 200 gold mohurs to Shah Jahan made a single piece for his offering." 



The inscription of the Aurangzib piece I have not been able to make 

 out as the letters are very faint, and read of course from left to right, but 

 I hope to take a cast from the estampage, which will give the writing in the 

 correct direction : the name in the centre is all correct. 



The Hon'ble J. Gibbs also exhibited some very rare Muhammadan 

 coins, and made the following remarks :— 



The first I would notice is the coin of Akbar, en the Obv, of which is 



