142 Dr. Hoernle — Rare Hindii and Muhammadan Goins. [No. 3, 
examining. They are now in my possession, by exchange. I publish 
them in Plate VI, Nos. 9 and 10. They are varieties of two different 
sizes. 
No. 9. Weight 117 gr. Lettered surfaces. Date [8]5(6). 
Obv. 
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Rev. 
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No. 10., Weight 77 gr. Lettered surfaces. Date 855. 
Obv. 
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The date of No. 10, is nearly perfect; that of No. 9, is mutilated; 
its unit’s figure may be either 6 or 5. 
These two coins are historically noteworthy as they disclose the 
regnal name of Qutbu-d-din, which appears to have bfeen hitherto un¬ 
known. It is Ahmad Shah, and he is therefore now to be counted as 
the second of that name in the genealogical list, while he who hitherto 
stood in it as Ahmad Shah II, reigning from 961-969 H = 1553-1561 A.D., 
must now be counted as the third Ahmad. I notice that the British 
Museum Catalogue gives two copper coins of this Ahmad Shall III, 
Nos. 435 and 436, on page 140. Neither of them are dated : nor are 
they figured in the plates: from the latter circumstance I conclude that 
they are not well enough preserved to be figured, and that their reverses, 
in the original state, probably bore a date. Possibly it may now turn 
out that they are really coins of Ahmad Shah II. 
I may note that the coins of Ahmad ghah II, in type and execution, 
show distinctly the character of the early Gujarat issues, as seen in the 
coins of Ahmad Shah I, and Mahmud Shah I. A century later, in the 
time of Ahmad Shah III, the coinage had considerably altered and 
deteriorated. This maybe seen from his coins, published by Mr. Oliver, 
in this Journal , Vol. LVIII, p. 11, Plate III, Nos. XXVI and XXVII. 
They resemble, in this respect, the coins of his successor Muzaffar Shah 
III, who reigned from 969-980 H. = 1561-1572 A.D. A copper coin of 
the latter has been published by Mr. Oliver, ibidem , p. 11, Plate III, 
No. XXXII. To these I add now two other coins of Muzaffar III, of 
two different varieties. 
Plate VI, No. 11, Weight 174 grains. Date 969. 
