11. Vijayanagar: Kṛishṇa Deva Rāya. AV. Half pagoda. Wt. about 26
grs.
Obv., Vishṇu seated with discus and conch.
Rev., in Nāgarī, _Śrī Pratāpa Kṛishṇa Rāya_.
12. Id: Harihara II. AV. Half pagoda. Wt. 25 grs.
Obv., god and goddess seated.
Rev., in Nāgarī, _Śrī Pratāpa Harihara_.
13. Kananūr: ’Ali Rāja. AV.
Obv., in Arabic, _Al-wālīu-l-mulk ’Alī Rāja_, “The guardian
of the kingdom, ’Alī Rāja.”
Rev., _Bi-l-hijrati as-sina 1194_, “In the Hijrī year 1194.”
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KEY TO PLATE VIII
1. Altamsh. Æ.
Obv., in hexagon, _’Adl_.
Rev., in square, inscribed in a circle, _As-sult̤ān_.
2. Id: AR. Wt. about 165 grs.
Rev., in square, inscribed in a circle, _As-sult̤ānu-l-a’z̤am
Shamsu-d-dunyā wa-d-dīn abu-l-muz̤affar Altamsh as-sult̤ān_,
“The supreme sultan, the sun of the world and the faith, the
father of the victorious, Altamsh the sultan.” Marginal legends
incomplete.
3. Raẓiya. Bil. Wt. about 54 grs.
Obv., horseman to right. Around, in Nāgarī, _Śrī Hamīrah_
(= the Amīr).
Rev., in Arabic, _As-sult̤ānu-l-a’z̤am Raẓiyatu-d-dunyā wa-d-dīn_.
4. Ghiyās̤u-d-dīn Balban. Bil. Wt. about 55 grs.
Obv., in circle, in Arabic, _Balban_; around, in Nāgarī,
_Śrī Sultān Giyāsudīn_.
Rev., in Arabic, _As-sult̤ānu-l-a’z̤am Ghiyās̤u-d-dunyā
wa-d-dīn_.
5. ’Alāu-d-dīn Muḥammad. Dehlī. 698 A.H. AV. Wt. 170 grs.
Obv., in a circle, _Sikandaru-s̤-s̤ānī yamīnu-l-khilāfati
nāṣiru amīru-l-mominīn_, “The second Alexander, the right
hand of the Khalifate, the helper of the commander of the
faithful”; margin, _Ẓuriba hazihi-s-sikkatu bi ḥaẓrati
Dehlī fī sinate s̤amāna wa tis ’aina wa sittami ’ata_,
“Struck this coin at the capital, Dehlī, in the year eight
and ninety and six hundred.”
Rev., as on No. 2, but title, _’Alāu-d-dunyā wa-d-dīn_, and
name _Muḥammad Shāh_.
6. Qut̤bu-d-dīn Mubārak. 719 A.H. Bil. Wt. 80 grs.
Obv., in circle, _Ḵẖ̱alīfatu ’llah Mubārak Shāh_, “The
Khalif of God, Mubārak Shāh”; around, _As-sult̤an al
wās̤iqu bi ’llah amīru-l-mominīn_, “The sultan, the
truster in God, the commander of the faithful.”
Rev., _Al imāmu-l-a’z̤am Qut̤bu-d-dunyā wa-d-dīn abu-l-muz̤affar_,
“The Supreme Imām, Qut̤bu-d-dīn, the father of the victorious.”
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