126 Pliilological Secretary — Report on Coins. [April, 



The Philological Secretaet read a report on a find of 538 Trea- 

 sure Trove coins supposed to be copper, forwarded by the Deputy Com- 

 missioner of Shalipur, with liis No. 1886, dated 16th October 1886. 



1. I much regret the delay in submitting this report. The 

 coins were originally received while I was on furlough in Europe. 

 They were handed over to my locum-tenens, who, on account of pressure 

 of official work, was unable to attend to them till some time after my 

 return, when they were made over to me. It was only then that they 

 could be examined for the first time, and identified and classified. 



2. The original letter of the Deputy Commissioner, No. 1886, 

 dated 16th October 1886, advised the despatch of 549 coins. My 

 locum-tenens, on making the coins over to me, stated, however, that 

 on counting them, he found there were 534 coins. On recounting 

 them, when made over to me, I found there were 538 coins, as detailed 

 below. 



3. I am unable to specify the exact locality where the coins were 

 found. The original letter of the Deputy Commissioner above re- 

 ferred to, which presumably contained information on the subject, 

 appears to have been lost during my absence on furlough. A copy of 

 it probably exists in the Deputy Commissioner's office, and may be 

 referred to, if it be considered necessary. 



4. The coins were supposed to be copper. On cleaning, however, 

 selected specimens, I find that they are of more or less impure silver, 

 i. e., silver and copper mixed. Most of them are in a moderately good 

 state of preservation. 



No. of specimens. 



5. They belong to the following rulers : 



No. 1. Mo'izzu-d-dIn, Muhammad bin Sam, the con- 

 queror of India, A. D. 1193-1205, type: 

 Maliamad Same, as in Chronicles, p. 15, No. 

 10 ; Bull and Horseman, with Nagari legends 371 



No. 2. Ditto ; type as in Chronicles, p. 15, No. 5 ; 

 Obverse : horseman with Nao^art legend ; Be- 

 verse: Arabic inscription 3 



No. 3. Mahmi^d bin Ghiyasu-d-din, about A. D. 1200 ; 



type as in Chronicles, p. 32, No. 25 1 



No. 4 Taju-d-din Ilduz, about A. D. 1210 ; type as 



in Chronicles, p. 31, No. 24 2 



No. 5. S'Ri Chahada Deva, Raja of Ajmir, about 

 A. D. 1215. 



a. Type Samasorala Deva, as in Chronicles, 



p. 70, No. 40 45 



