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A. F. R. Hoernle — Copper Coins of the Sim Bynasty, [No. 2, 
On the Copper Goins of the Suri Dynasty. — By Dr. A. F. Rodolp HoEENriE. 
( With three Plates.) 
Early in 1889 a large hoard of 8,950 copper coins was discovered 
in a field, about 30 or 40 yards to the east of the old and ruined fort 
(hot) of Muhammad Amin, which lies within the boundaries of the 
city of Jalandhar in the Panjab.* 
0\it of this hoard 1004 specimens were forwarded to me by the 
Deputy Commissioner of Jalandhar, for the usual examination and 
report to Government on such treasui’e troves. 
A careful examination proved that most of the coins were of Sher 
Shah and Islam Shah ; only a comparatively very small portion belonged 
to Muhammad 'Adil Shah. The numbers are : of Sher Shah 738, of 
Isldm Shdh 234, and of Muhammad ’Adil Shah 32. This, however, does 
not show the exact proportions. . At first 504 coins were sent to me ; 
among these there were about 240 coins of Sher Shah and the rest of 
Islam and Muhammad. The next batch of 500 coins were all of Sher 
Shah, especially selected for me. The real proportion of the coins of 
the three kings in the hoard, therefore, is respectively about 48, 46 and 
6 per cent. 
Among Sher Shdh’s and Islam Shah’s coins I found a very large 
variety ; especially among the coins of the former king ; and as hither- 
to but very little has been made known of the Siiri copper coinage, I 
have, in this paper, endeavoured to, put together the results of my exa- 
mination in some detail. The most representative of the different 
van’eties are figured in the accompanying plates. 
About the silver coinage of the Sxlri dynasty a good deal of inform- 
ation has been published ; especially by Mr. C. J. Rodgers in his papers 
in the Indian Antiquary, vol. XVII (for 1888), and in this Journal, vol. 
XLIX, LII, and LV ; by Mr. Thomas in his Chronicles of the Pathdn 
Kings of Delhi, by Marsden in his Numismata Orientalia and by Mr. 
Gibbs in the Numismatic Chronicle, vol. V, (3rd Series), p. 225. But the 
only notices of SAri copper coins, that I am aware of, occur in Thomas’ 
Chronicles, pp. 402 and 403, where he describes two types of Sher Shah’s 
dams, of which one is figured . Of this figured typo, Mr. Rodgers has 
published two other mints in this Journal, vol. XLIX, p. 210. On p. 
413 of the Chronicles Kce mentioned a ddm and two smaller denomina- 
tions of Islam’s copper coins, but none is figured. On pp. 416, 417, 
ibidem, are noted a dam of Muhammad ’Adil, and a smaller denomination 
of Ibrdhim and Sikandar, without any figures ; but Mr. Rodgers has 
* See letter of tlie Deputy Commissioner of Jalandhar, Jfo. B81, dated 21at May 
1889, 
