1867.] 



The Initial Coinage of Bengal, 



65 



Obv. 





Rev. 



itw 





dU t ti>Lk ^X/0,4.i| 



&JU 



Oh verse Margin, 



^1* u,u1p ^ j.%jt AAtsr^r^l J^UJi ^UJ| ^USfi 



Reverse Margin, 



No. 25. 

 Shahr Nau, a. ii. 781, 782, 783, 784, 785, 786 Plate II. fig. 14. 

 Type No. 7. Ohvcrsc, a simple octagon, with four circlets in the 

 margin containing the names of the four friends of the Prophet, the 

 rest of the exergue being filled in with the king's own titles. 



Reverse, a diamond-shaped area with the crossed lines prolonged 

 to the edge of the piece ; the lines are slightly scalloped outwards 

 to form an ornamental field. 



Obv. Rev. 



at 



<M^vo 



,j*IjJ| <^j| 



AaJli. 



WW 



CJ"i AA i? 



V/C»4.Jf r AX3l t ^U <xlJ| 



J 



aj&L aJLi 



.lp jyU^X! j+C j&ji\ 



Oh verse Margin, 



Reverse Margin, 



The name of the mint is imperfectly expressed on even the best 

 specimens, and great latitude has been permitted in the omission or 

 insertion of entire words in the reverse marginal legend. 



Variety A. differs merely in the pattern of the reverse area, which 

 is ornamented with double instead of single scallops. 



No. 26. 

 Firuzubad, a. n. 780, 781, 782, 783, 784, 785, 786, 787, 788, 789, 



790, 791, 792. 

 Type No. 8. Obverse, circular area, with a board margin divided 

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