1891.] Philological Secretary — Reports on old coins. 83 



Deputy Commissioner of Hoshangabad with his No. 4555, dated the 

 6th September, 1890. 



The coins are stated to have been found on the 10th May 1889 in 

 the village of Kampur in Seoni Tahsil in the Hoshangabad district, and 

 to be " so-called Alamshahi Rupees." 



As a matter of fact, they are Rupees of the following Mu gh al em- 

 perors of Delhi : 



1, Shah Jahan 



3 



specimens. 



2, Aurangzib 



6 



)> 



3, Ahmad Shah 



1 



j> 



4, Farukhsiyar 



2 



)> 



5, Muhammad Shah 



8 



»> 



6, 'Alamgir II 



1 



5> 



7, 'Alam Shah 



8 



)J 



Total 29 



These Rupees are all of very common kinds and moreover in in- 

 different condition. They have been sent to the mint to be melted down. 



III. Report on 5 coins forwarded by the Offg. Collector of Dur- 

 bhanga with his No. 687G, dated 9th September, 1890. 



The find place of these coins is not stated in the Collector's letter. 

 It would be well, if this item of information were always supplied. 



All the five coins are Rupees of 'Alam Shah's reign, dated " San 19 

 Mint Murshidabad," but of English mintage. 



They are of no numismatic value, and have been sent to the mint 

 to be melted down. 



IV. Report, on 82 silver coins, forwarded by the Deputy Commis- 

 sioner of Dharmsala, Kangra District, with his No. 1680 of the 17th 

 October 1890. 



These coins appear to belong to a set of 101 coins which were 

 found buried by a roadside in the Hamirpur Tahsil of the Kangra 

 District ; they were dug up in the course of road-making in March 1873. 

 A few pieces were sent in April following to the Provincial Museum — 

 I presume, in Lahore ; and nine specimens would appear to have been 

 taken by the District officers in 1874 with a view to enquiry. The 

 remainder — apparently the 82 specimens now sent for determination — 

 seem to have been deposited in the store room of the district office, 

 where they were re-discovered in October last, and forwarded to the 

 Asiatic Society of Bengal. Owing to my absence from Calcutta on 



