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Numismatic Supplement. 
[No. 4, 
goeS. The legends are similar to those on coin No. 226 of the Chroni¬ 
cles, but that is a gold coin. The margin is too fragmentary to be read 
with any confidence. The coin looks perfectly genuine, but its 
weight is extraordinary. Could it possibly have been struck from the 
gold die by mistake, or was it intended for a “ half-rupee ” ? 
G. B. Bleazby. 
21. Sher Shah. 
Metal. Silver. 
Weight. 180 grains. 
Mint. Agra probably. 
Date. 948 A. H. 
A square rupee, believed to be unique. 
PI. IX. 
G. B. Bleazby. 
IV. Mughal Emperors. 
22. An important collection of Mughal coins changed hands during 
the early part of the year, when the Government of the United Pro¬ 
vinces, aided by a grant from the Director General of Archaeology, ac¬ 
quired for the cabinet of the Lucknow Museum the coins of Mr. R. W • 
Ellis, recently of Lahore and now of Jubbulpore. This acquisition 
brings the Lucknow Museum cabinet into the very front rank as re¬ 
gards the Mughal period, and it is to be hoped that the authorities will 
take an early opportunity of issuing a descriptive and fully illustrated 
catalogue of their fine collection. An abstract of the rarer coins in 
the Ellis cabinet (which included 84 gold, 1,670 silver and 533 copper 
coins) has been compiled by Mr. Burn for the annual report of the 
Lucknow Museum for the year ending 31st March 1904, and is given 
below. 
Bdbar .—Seven silver coins. 
Humdyun .—Three silver coins. 
Akbar, A"—Two coins weighing 7:7 and 5*5 grains, respectively. One 
is dated 964 and has no mint, while the other is of the 
Eatehpur mint but is not dated. 
iB.—The early rupees are very fine. In the Ilahi series are two 
round rupees of Dehli, a dated coin (48 Ilahi) of 
Allahabad with the couplet, and some coins of Bairat. 
JE .—The following rare mints are represented :—Kalpi, Hissar 
Sirhind, Ajmir Salem gar li (?), Akbarpur, Malpiir 
Mi rath, Atak, Saharanpur. 
Jahdngir. —Ait. Elichpur, Ahmadabad (the rare couplet of 1027 
