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sequel of this paper. Although the margins are both a little abraded, they 

 can with ease be supplied from the next coin. I may, however, remark that 

 this coin could not have contained the name of the month of the year, as 

 there is not sufficient sj^ace for its insertion. 

 The following is the transcript : 



Date 597. 

 Obverse. 



Aj(/o ^_yi.*c^ J ^^,AJ^*J J <)ix« * * ^* ft^j'^h * * First circle, 



ill Jkl^i\ dUi Jj«, i/i aUi il Second circle. 



^iiJl J Li^Ji Third circle. 



^l.* c>..t^ Centre. 



Reverse. 



* # • 8;«J='j!^ c:^^ J L£'^*-'^^ '-'^j (If 3"'' First circle. 



Jr*^ |J=*J| ^^li=l~Jl iUt ^yJl>J ^'^Wl Second circle. 



JlUlJi y\ ^^j^i J U)^J| Third circle. 



|.U c>..^s^ Centre. 



The last two of the three coins with concentric inscriptions referred to 

 above, differ from the first in this that they have the arrangement of date 

 just as in the Thomas's pi. I, No. 1 ; viz., the date (596) is placed on the 

 reverse containing the name of Mu'az-ud-din. The size, however, is smaller, 

 and the letters less bold. The Ariana Antigua, pi. XX, 35 is probably a 

 similar coin to my two ; but as Wilson, owing to the worn condition of the 

 coin in his possession, was unable to describe it, I include it in this paper. 

 The outer circle of the obverse contains the Surah common to all Ghori 

 coins ; the second has half the Kalima, which is afterwards continued in 

 the second circle of the reverse ; and the third circle and centre show the 

 names and titles of Ghias-ud-din. The reverse has in the first or marginal 

 circle the place of mintage and the month and year in which the dirhem 

 was struck. Part of the second and the third circles and the centre, like 

 those of the obverse, contain the titles and names, but of Mu'az-ud-din, 



Ghazui, month Zi-ul-hajjaj A. H. 596. 



Obverse. 



j}j Air ^^:^)\ Sj^i^J ^^j^ J iS'^^^k 'b'^j <-^«j dsy^^ First circle. 



