126 Coins of the Nine Ndcjas. [No. 3, 



figure is partly cut off. Ou a second coin the date is S. 83, and on a 

 third S. 90 odd, the unit being cut off. Here we see that the last two 

 dates must undoubtedly refer to the same century as that of the first 

 coin, because the name of the prince and the fabric of the coins are 

 precisely the same. Of the second prince named Chdhada Deva, I 

 have numerous specimens, bearing various dates from 1303 to 1311, of 

 which Figs. 27 and 28 give S. 1305 and S. 1311. Of the third 

 prince, named Asala Deva, the specimens, though numerous, are always 

 small and much worn, and the dates are therefore generally imperfect. 

 Two of the more perfect coins, however, give the dates of 1311 and 

 1312, and a third has 1330 odd : see Figs. 29 and 30. In illustration 

 of these coins, I have engraved a curious specimen of the contemporary 

 coinage of Ala-ud-din Masaiid, Fig. 23, which bears on the obverse 

 the well known recumbent Bull with the Nagari legend Sri Ala-va- 

 dina and the date of 1300, inserted on the quarter of the Bull. This 

 date must certainly refer to the Vikramaditya Samvat as Masaiid 

 reigned from A. D. 1242 to 1246, and S. 1300 is equal to A. D- 

 1243. 



13. The coins of this third series of Narwar princes are found 

 chiefly about Grwalior, Jhansi, and Narwar, but a few stray specimens 

 may be picked up at Agra and Mathura. The obverse bears the rnde 

 figure of a horseman which is only traceable on the coins of Asala 

 Deva by comparing them with the earlier pieces of Malaya Varrnma. 

 A brief description will therefore be sufficient for this barbarous 

 coinage. 



I. Malaya Varmma Deva. 



Figs. 25, 26. — Copper coins weighing from 50 to 56 grains. 



Obv. — Rude horseman with no trace of the legend of Sri Homir 

 which is found on all the contemporary Muhammadan mintages. 



Rev. — Legend in three lines ^ffaf'iT^"^*?}^' ^r- S^c- Sri-man Ma- 

 laya Varmma Deva. S. 128 and also S. 83. 

 II. Chaiiada Deva. 



Figs. 27, 28. — Copper coins weighing from 50 to 59 grains. 



Rev. — Legend in three lines ^tw^r^^w ^r- \\ a % Sri-Mat Chdhada 

 Deva, S. 1305. 



III. A'sala Deva. 



Figs. 29, 30. — Copper coins weighing from 50 to 57 grains. 



