114( Philological Secretary — Reports on old coins. [Aug. 



The earliest of these coins is dated in the 40th year of Akbar, that 

 is 1696 A. D., the latest is dated in the 30th year of Anrangzib, that is, 

 1687 A. D. They cover a period of nearly one century, and they must 

 have been buried not long after the year 1687 A. D., in the place where 

 they were dug up. 



Among them there are several of considerable interest, especially 

 among the rupees of Aurangzib ; thus those of the hadr munir type. 

 E/upees of this description are not common ; they appear to have been 

 only minted in Akbarnagar, Zafarabad and Multan. I am not certain 

 as to the identity of the two first-named places ; but Akbarnagar is said 

 to be ?.a old name of Rajmahal. In the present collection there are 17 

 rupees of this description ; 15 of these are of the Akbarnagar mint, of the 

 following years 1071, 1072, 1079, 1082, 1084, 1090, 1093, 1095; both years, 

 that of the Hijrah as well as that of the reign, are shown on the reverse ; 

 while the usual practice is, to give the Hijrah on the obverse, but the 

 reign on the reverse. One rupee is of the Zafarabad and one of the 

 Multan mint ; both of the same year, viz., Hijrah 1080 on the obverse, 

 and regnal 12 on the reverse. Another peculiar rupee of Aurangzib is 

 that which gives the obverse legend : Muhammad Aurangzib Bahadur 

 ^Alamgir Bddshdh Ghdzi or Muhammad Muhiu-d-din Ahu-l-Muzaffar 

 Bahadur 'A'lamgir Bddshah Ghdzi. Of this description there are four 

 coins. Their mint is illegible; their dates are 1069 ahad, 1080-3, 

 1081-3, 1082-4 ; the years are disposed, as usual, on the obverse and 

 reverse. Another curiosity are two rupees of Aurangzib which bear 

 the usual legends but in in versed characters, so that they may be read 

 if held against a mirror. The characters are rather crude ; the mint is 

 not legible, the year of the reign is either 22 or 27, that of the Hijrah is 

 109*. Coins of this description, might of course, be struck from or- 

 dinary rupees. 



II. Report on 116 old coins forwarded by the Deputy Commis- 

 sioner of Sagar, with his No. 1708, dated the 14th May, 1891. 



These coins are stated to have been found in the village waste of 

 Kaio-awan, in the Rhurai Tahsil of the Sagar District, by boys who were 

 tending cattle. 



They are all silver coins and consist of 63 Pathan, 50 Gujarati and 

 3 other coins : distributed as follows : 



I, Pathan Coins (Rupees) : 



of Sher Shah, 947—952 A. H. = 1540—1545 A. D. 



a, type : square areas, single-lined, as in Chronicles^ No. 



351, two varieties. 22 



b, type : square areas, single-lined as in Chronicles, Nos. 



344, 352, three varieties 24 



