157 
1890.] A. F. R. Hoernle — Copper Goins of the Suri Bynasty. 
marginal legends comparatively well (Plate III, fig. 2). The obverse has 
on the top to right ^ s bottom to left uboJt. The 
revei'se reads : on top to right bottom a£1«j left 
iilkL,. The several portions are not always arranged exactly in the 
same way in the different species of coins ; but the whole legend 
is, I believe, always the same, and reads as given above. Further, 
the marginal legends are the same on all coins of both subvarieties ; 
the only difference being, that in subvariety a, where the date is 
not in the margin but in the area, the space thus left vacant, is 
filled up with Accordingly, the marginal legends of this class 
of Sher Shah’s coins (viz., type I, variety 1), when fully preserved, 
run as follows, (and not as given in the Chronicles,') : 
Obv. J ] 
as-Sultdn al-'Adil Faridu-d-dunyd via ud-din. 
Jdev. ■iijlhl asd* xll| oii 
Ahul Muzaffar Jchallad Alldhu mulkahu iva saltdnahu. 
In subvariety 6, the place of is occupied by the date. 
Of Malot, being a now mint, I give a reverse, Plato III, fig. 3. 
Of Hisdr, there are two variations. In one, the date is placed to 
the right, in the other to left of I give a figure of each ; Plate 
III, fig. 4 has the date to the right ; fig. 5 to the left ; the date 951 
A. H. in either case. 
Of SMrgarh there are both subvarieties ; some specimens have the 
date on the obverse area, others on the obverse mai-gin ; the latter are 
the much rarer kind. I give figures of both ; Plate I, fig. 6 has the 
date on the obv. area, fig. 7 on the obverse margin to the right of fi- 
’ahad. Unfortunately the latter is a bad specimen, but the date (951) 
can just be recognized to the right of 
Variety 2. Hew. Legend on obv. area the same as in variety 1, 
but on rev. there is *U| elk instead of the mint name. The date is on 
the obv. margin. No mint is mentioned. Plate III, fig. 8 shows both 
sides : 
Obv., Area ; 
JUl^l 
Margin : above 
JOjJl 
right 
below 
left 
Bev., Area : 
li) — 
UJ slA 
ji — " 
aUi oik 
Margin : above 
I’ight [dkbo] 
below "Slil e.lk 
left [kUhLu 
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