1888.] Philological Secretary — Reports on Coins. 203 



The coins were received divided into four separated portions ; viz., 

 1, Ks. 102, called '' I^agpuri " ; 2, Rs. 178 called " Modhoshai " ; 3, Rs. 

 85 called " Chandapnri," and 4, Rs. 10 called " Sabji." With the 

 last named portion were enclosed the silver Tawiz and the gold plate. 



On examination the coins proved to be Rupees of the following 

 Mughal Sultans of Dehli : — 



No. of 

 specimens. 



1, AuRANGziB, 1068—1118 A. H. = 1658—1707 A. D., 



mints : Surat, Akbarabad ; dates 1068, 

 1093, 1113 3 



2, Farrukh Sitae, 1124—1131 A. H. = 1712—1719 A. D., 



mint and date illegible ; a bad specimen. 1 



3, Muhammad Shah 1131 — 1161 A. H. = 1719 — 1748 



A. D., 



a, Imperial Mintages : — Muhammadabad (Benares), 

 Daru-s-Saltanat Shahjahanabad, Arkat ; legible 

 dates 1131, 1140, 1152, 7 



h, Provincial Mintages : — Old Nagpiiri Rupee, 

 marked with the symbol it (see Prinsep's Indian 

 Antiquities, Useful Tables, pp. 66, 68, footnotes) ; 

 said to be struck at the Chandra and Hingan Ghat 

 mints ; but the mint named on the coins them- 

 selves is Surat, which is fully legible on about 

 half a dozen specimens, though on most of the 

 others no more than the final t is visible (see ihid, 

 p. 66, No. 10) ; no date visible on any. On the 

 packets, in which they were received, 56 were 

 marked as *' Madhoshai," and 85 as '' Chanda- 

 pnri " 139 



4, Ahmad Shah Bahadur, 1161—1167 A. H. = 1748 



—1754 A. D., 

 a. Imperial Mintages : — Katak ; no dates legible, 



except 116*, and 117* on reverse of two coins. 



On the packet in which they were received, they 



were marked as " Madhoshai and " Nagpuri " ... 121 

 h, Provincial Mintages : — New Nagpuri Rupee, 



marked by a flag, (see ihid., p. 68) ..., 16 



do., marked by number 9 over flag 78 



do., Jeswant Rao's, marked by cross + 2 



do., do., marked by the symbol V 3 



On packet marked as " Nagpuri." 



