68 A. F. IF Hoernle —A New Find of Early Muhammadan Coins. [NoAL, 
IV. Coins of ’Ala-ud-din Mas’aud Shah. 
No. 27. (Plate III, 6). Silver. Weight 142 grs. Apparently unique. 
This coin shows the same inscriptions as No. 8, with all its peculiarities ; 
viz., on the reverse, the addition of h'illah after Al Must an sir and of 
llali after Al Mominin ; and on the obverse, the omission of the article 
us ( Jl ) before sultan. It differs from No. 8, however, by the possession 
of a margin with inscriptions on both sides, of which illegible traces are 
still distinguishable. The original presence of margins is also evidenced 
by the fact of the size of the square areas being much smaller than in 
No. 8. The letters, also, are much more neatly formed on the present 
coin, than on No. 8. As a further minor difference it may be noted, that 
the segments on the reverse of the present coin show the usual four dots 
arranged two on each side of a small loop, while on No. 8 the loop is 
absent. There are traces of a word, in the left hand corner, below 
which I cannot quite make out. They look like hamd “ praise”, 
or perhaps cdA. And it may be noted that on No. 8 there are also traces 
of a word in the same place. 
Obv. 
Fev. 
O 
✓ 
aJJIj 
aIJ 
t ♦ j • J 
Margin : illegible. 
Margin : illegible. 
No. 28. (Plate IV, 1). Silver. Weight 115 grs. Apparently unique. 
This coin agrees with Nos. 27 and 8 in omitting the article us ( Jf ) before 
sultan on the obverse.* For the rest, the legends are the usual ones, as 
on No. 97 in Thomas’ Chronicles , p. 122 ; that is, &JJb and *JJ, on the 
reverse, aie omitted. It is not quite clear, whether there were originally 
any margins with legends ; there are no apparent traces left. 
I here, add that there are several coins of the usual type (like 
Nos. 97, 98 in Thomas’ Chronicles , p! 122) in the Society’s Cabinet. 
V. Coins of Nasir-ud-din Mahmud Shah. 
No. 29. (Plate IV, 2). Silver. Weight 140^ grs. Unique. This 
is the coin which Mr. Thomas has described and figured in his Chronicles, 
p. 129, No. 110. I have thought it desirable to re-figure it, as Mr. 
* Unless the scrawl over the ^ of sultan should he meant for Jf. 
