1904.] 
Numismatic Supplement. 
105 
Two remarkable specimens of tlie Fulus are entered in tbe Indian 
Musenm (Cal.) Catalogue. The obverse of each of tbe two is identical 
with that of A. Ill {a). The reverse, however, in one of the coins exhibits 
the two halves of the reverse of A. Ill (a) in inverted position, the normal 
upper half occupying the lower portion of this coin, and the normal lower 
half the upper portion. Thus — ■ .. .. A In the second coin, the reverse 
IP* 
which is only partially legible, is entered as ... ali/ 0 ! Both these coins 
are of so exceptional a character that a full account of them is much to 
be desired. 
B.— The Tanka. 
JL 
2 
1 
4 
Large Tanka: 
weight, 640 
grains : 
diameter 
IT 
Small „ 
/ 55 
320 
55 
5 9 
•9 
55 
55 
55 
160 
55 
55 
•7 
55 
55 
55 
80 
55 
55 
*65 
55 
55 
55 
The earliest known specimen of an Akbari tanka from the 
Ahmadabad mint is dated the month Amardad of the Ilahi year 44, 
(Fig. 6). The tanka, in one or other of its denominations (large, small, 
g- small, \ small), issued from that mint during the next two years. 
Its legends read as follows :— 
Obv. 
^ I 
a&j* 
Rev. 
libl 
The reverse inscription is thus, it will be seen, of a type identical 
with that on the special variety of Fulus denoted above as A. Ill (6). 
It may here be remarked that the sub-divisions, whether of the 
Fulus or of the Tanka, are not expressed on the coins themselves. A 
Fulus and similarly the Tanka, of any denomination, large or small, is 
styled simply a Fulus or Tanka and is so inscribed. 
C.— The Tank! or Tankt. 
Chau Tank!: weight, 250 grains : diameter, *8 inch. 
Do „ „ 125 „ „ -65 
Yak „ „ 62 „ „ -5 
The year Ilahi 46 witnessed the last change that was to be made in 
Akbar’s copper coinage at Ahmadabad. From that year till the close 
of his reign the Tank! took the place of the Tanka (Fig. 7 and 8). The 
new coin was issued in three denominations, known as the Chau (or Four) 
Tank!, the Do (or Two), and the Yak (or One), and on each was in¬ 
scribed its own special designation. With this exception the legend on 
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