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Art. III.—On a Coin of Shams ud Dunyâ wa ud Dîn Mahmûd Shâh.

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  15 March 2011

Charles J. Rodgers
Affiliation:
Normal College, Christian Vernacular Education Society for India, Amritsar

Extract

This coin bears evidence of being genuine. The metal is that mixture of silver and copper which obtained under the Pathâns of the date on the coin, 718 A.H. It is also of the same weight, or nearly so. The dated coins of Ala ud Dîn Muhammad Shâh of this type average, according to Thomas, 55·7. Those of Kutub ud Dîn Mubarak Shâh average 55 grs. The coins of Shahâb ud Dîn Umr are 54·5. The inscriptions, omitting names, are exactly similar to those of Ala ud Dîn's No. 135 of Thomas, Shahâb ud Dîn's Thomas No. 141, and Kutub ud Dîn's Thomas No.147.

Type
Original Communications
Copyright
Copyright © The Royal Asiatic Society 1882

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References

1 This coin is no longer unique, as I possess three very fair specimens of it, all dated 716 A.H. Two of these are silver and copper mixed, the third is of copper.