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THE INDIAN ANTIQUARY.
(July, 1890.
The weight of this coin, 78 grains, proclaims it to be a quarter-dán. This size is very rare indeed. Fig. 32. Obv.:
slyst),diplu pulyas A hali-dúm of Port (?) Rev.:--
ul...... ulsyal Year (?) Ilhi. This most precious coin has the words ním lán on it. It is the only one I have seen out of many thousands of Akbar's coins with the name dám on it. It is very much worn. It establishes the fact that a dam was equivalent to half a tanka. Fig. 33. Obv.:
1. imej Anisf (orhalf),1013 A.H. Rev. :-A geometric design, Here we have another half-dám with only the word a half on it. Its weight, 153 grains (it is very much worn), confirms the weight of the dim. Fig. 34. Obv.:-- Rev.:
SHIRR olselle 44th year Ilahi. This half-tanka is worn. It is 3 grains lighter than the Lâhôr specimen, fig. 21, and 14 grains lighter than the Âgra specimen, fig. 36. Fig. 35. Obv. :
Sü8 ST w An Ågra tanka. Rev.:
SNI PER Grün suy! 44th year Ilahi. This coin is much eaten by rust, but it still weighs 6255 grains. I obtained it in Agra four-and-a-half years ago. One similar to it is in the possession of L. White King, Esq., C.S. This coin shows beyond a doubt that towards the latter end of his reign Akbar's issued coins called tankas of about 640 grains in weight. Fig. 36. Oby. :Rev.:
PIROZ 45th year Ilahi.
half-tanika of Dehlf ضرب دوای نيم تندم اکبرشاي .
half-tanha of Agra ضرب ا گره نیم تنكہ اکبر شاي .
MISCELLANEA. THE BHITARI SEAL OF KUMARAGUPTA II. | as nearly as possible, 44" broad by 5%" high.
This interesting seal was discovered, at some Round the face of it there runs a raised rim, of time previous to 1886, when the foundations for which the average breadth is about 1". and the a new building were being dug at Bhitari, in the average height something under V". On the back Sayyidpur Tahsil or Sub-Division of the Ghazipur of it there are two projecting knobs, each about District, North-West Provinces. It was presented " in diameter, evidently intended for the purby a Muhammadan gentleman to Mr. C. J. pose of attaching it to some other object, e.g., Nicholls, B.O.S.; and it is now in the Provincial probably, copper charter. The metal is of a Museum at Lucknow. I owe the opportunity of whitish grey colour, which suggested at first examining it to the kindness of Mr. A. H. Pirie, that it was base silver ; but it was found, by the Secretary of the Museum Committee. An
analysis, to consist of copper, silver and gold, in account of the seal has been published by Mr. the proportions of 62-970, 36-225, and 0.405, V. A. Smith, B. C. S., in the Jour. Beng. As. Soc.
with a trace of iron; so that it is practically Vol. LVIII. Part I. p. 84 ff. And, in continua
a copper, rather than a silver seal. The weight tion of Mr. Smith's account, Dr. A. F. Rudolf of the seal is 59% tolas. - The upper part of the Hoernle has given the text and translation of the seal, rather less than half of it, is occupied by inscription on the seal, with a photo-collotype, emblems, of which the principal one is a and with some valuable remarks on the history of representation of Garuda, in fairly high relief the period. I give the text according to my own on the countersunk surface. He is shewn with method, with its translation, on page 225 below. the body, legs, and wings of a bird, and with
The soal is oval in shape, pointed at the top the head of a man ;' as remarked by Mr. Smith, and bottom; and its extreme measures are, I the face is a broad and foll, with thick lips, and
1 There are no indications here of the human arms, which, I think, can be discerned on the seal of the Rijim grant of Tlvaradeva (Gupta Inscriptions, No. 81).
