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Coins of the Mogul Emperors of India

1892

On the Bronze coins which follow in weight those of the Lodi dynasty the name of the mint occupies one side and the year in figures with – – – ai.el3".; the other. [...] The reverse of the coin had the Kalima in an area and in the margins the names of the four companions of Muhammad with or without their attributes and with sometimes 1.4 iC t4r.hj. [...] The copper coinage of Akbar followed that of the Stiri dynasty iu the matter of weight and in the retention of pure metal. [...] But when the mints had got into order the inscriptions were on one side the name of the mint and of the coin onthe other the year iu Persian words and figures with the addition of as jli ;. Thus a Lahore coin would have on it and qua tie al a ^It:1 di eui 4.5.;-but as the disc of the copper struck was smaller than the die only parts of these legends actually appear. [...] Farm kb Siyar.—Farrukb Siyar's coins are dated from 1124 H. to 1131 H. He adhered religiously to one couplet 3 ef4 g The only variations which occur on his coins are those of the disposal of the words the position of the flijri year and the names of the mints.
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Frontmatter
i-iii Chas. J. Rodgers view
Preface
i-xviii Chas. J. Rodgers view
Note
i-i Chas. J. Rodgers view
The Mogul and Surl Sultans of India
1-246 Chas. J. Rodgers view
Index of Mint Towns
247-274 Chas. J. Rodgers view

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