1881.] Mr. Bodgers on Coins of Qazni Sulfans. 5 



lot which were all of one mint, and as the whole of the coins were of the same 

 style as to finish and as to metal, I infer that the few without mint names 

 were of the same mint as those which had mint names. Hence I have 

 no hesitation in calling these coins Lahore ones. The Gazni coins are 

 altogether of another type as to execution of inscription and animal- 

 drawing and metal. 



Of Maudiid there were, besides the one type already mentioned, three 

 other distinct types. They all had the bull on one side, and over it was 

 the usual inscription in Hindi Sri Samanta Deva. The obverses of the 

 coins were covered with Arabic inscriptions round which were margins in 

 Arabic giving originally the mint town and date. In these margins 

 wherever the mint town comes, it is spelt )y&^ or Lohor. The inscrip- 

 tions were : — 



(a) (b) J±* (c) 



djtyo djtyo *J*j" 



The third type has not been published. The dates in the margin 

 are four and five (only the unit figures or words rather are on the coins). 

 Hence as Maudiid reigned from A. H. 432 to 440, the dates are 434 and 

 435 A. H. Of this third type there were only two. Of type (b) there 

 were 19. Of type (a) no less than 35, but some of them were very much 

 the worse for their being 800 years old. 



Of Abd-ur Rashid there were several types. All had the bull reverse. 

 The obverse was covered with inscriptions in a circular area round which 

 was a margin sometimes of dots, sometimes of words stating mint town 

 and date. 



(a). J±* (b) Same as (a) (c). J^ 



&)j&J\ »xc only Arabic margins. &)j,yJ\&* 



margin of elongated <^A^\ «>** 



pear shaped dots. Arabic margin. 



A variety of (a) has instead of J^* the word J&. A second variety 

 of the same type has a. A third type has a flower with a dot on each 

 side of it. Of (a) were 5, of (b) 13, of (c) 8. Thomas marks (a) as 

 " unique, <my cabinet." But his has not the word adl on it, only a dash 

 to indicate its absence. 



