189-1.] Philological Secretary — JReporfs on old coins. 183 



3, Shuja'u-l-Mulk, 1216—1258 A. H. = 1801-1842 A. D. 



Kabuli type, mint Peshawar I 



4, Mahmi5d Shah, 1216—1245 A. H. = 1801— 1829 A. D. 

 a, Kabnli type, one variety, as in N^um. Chron. VIII, 



No. 82, mint Ahmadshahi, date 1217 1 



h, Kabuli type, another variety, as in Num. Chron. 



VIII, No. 85, mint Daru-s-Saltanat Hirat, 1218... 1 



Total Durranfs ... 9 



III, Sikh Rupee: 



Ranjit Singh, mint Amritsar, Samvat 1868 1 1 



Grand total Rupees ... 15 



IV. Report on 29 old silver coins, forwarded by the OfFg. Collec- 

 tor of Pubna, with his No. 372, dated 15th June 1891, and No. 561, dated 

 28th July 1891. 



The exact locality of the find of these coins is not stated in the 

 Collector's letter ; they are supposed to have been found sometime in 

 February or March 1891. Some more coins appear to have been found, 

 but broken and melted into bars by the finders. Their value is stated 

 to be about Rs. 32-8. 



The coins include 4 of Pathan Sultans of Delhi and 24 of the so-called 

 Independent Sultans of Bengal. They may be classified as follows : — 



I, Pathan Rupees : 



1, Sher ShXh, 947—952 A. H. = 1540—1545 A. D. 



Type: square areas, date 946 1 



2, Islam Shah, 952—960 A. H. = 1545—1552 A. D. 



Type a : circular areas ; a new variety of No. 361a 

 in Thomas' Chronicles; date 952 to be read 

 from within ; no mint 1 



Type h : square areas, dates 956, 960, two inferior 



specimens , , 2 



Total Pathan ... 

 II, Independent Sultan's of Bengal : 



1, 'Alau-d-din Husain Shah, 899—925 A. H. = 1493— 

 1518. 



a, Type, as in Brit. Mus. Cat., Nos. 123—130 ... 3 



6, Type, as in Marsden DCCLXXIX 3 



c, Type, unpublished 1 



