66 The Initial Coinage of Bengal. [No. 1, 



by circlets enclosing the names of the four friends of the Prophet, 

 the intermediate spaces being filled in with their titles. 



Reverse, octagonal rose scalloped lozenge, with narrow margin. 



Obverse, 



Margin, 

 Reverse, 

 Margin, 



No. 27. 



Satgaon, a. h. 780. 

 Variety A. Reverse Margin, 



etc. _y&U $;j+*+h *^ <y &?)UJ| iUt js^a u^i 

 No. 28. 

 Muazamabad (the great city), a.h. ? 

 Variety B. Mint, «>0l ^Jijt/o ^Ja**J| g,iJj 



No. 29. 

 Shahr Nau, a. h. 781. 

 Variety C. Mint, c^ 1 *-* J ^l & ^y j^> 'ijj**J\ '^>y. 



No. 30. 

 Col. Gruthrie has a gold piece of type No. 8, size vii. and a half, 

 weighing 158 grains. The coin is inferior in execution to the ordinary 

 silver money. The letters are badly formed, and the marginal legend 

 is altogether obliterated. f 



No. 31, 

 Firuzabad, a. h. 781, 782, 783, 784, 785, 786, 787. 

 Type No. 9. Obverse, circular area, with a broad margin, broken 



* M. Reinaud interpreted the word as (jj.c Defensor (Journal A'siatique, 1823, 

 p. 272), in which he is followed by Marsde^- (h. p. 567). Sayud Ahmad again, in 

 his transcript of 'Ala-ud-din's Inscription of 710 a. h., reproduces the title as 

 ^A^+h _j 3lwill &>y, which, in effect, carries a nearly identical meaning 

 (Asar-ul-sunadid, p. 58). 



f The only other Bengal gold coins I am at present able to refer to are a well- 

 preserved piece of Jdldl-ud dm Fatah Shah bin Alahmud (dated a. h. 890), now 

 in the possession of Colonel Guthrie, weighing 161.4 grains, and a coin in the B.M. 

 assigned to 'Ala-ud-din Husain (a. h. 905-927) which weighs 159.5 grams. 



