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TIPPOO SULTAN :SILVER COINS.25SILVER :MlTHAMMADAN USURPATION.No. Mint : Date. Obverse. Reverse.NOKRA OR DOUBLE SULTANI EUPEE.Serin gapatam,1200.} > j"The religion of Muhammadis made illustriousin the world bythe victory of Haidar.H. Struck at Puttun inthe year of the cyclelda hi; year"hejirah1200 : surrounded bylined circle and ring ofdots.JL. ^J'M^He is the only justSultan. Third (day ofthe month) Buhuri 2;year of the cycle fudu ;year of the reign 4 :"surrounded by linedcircle and ring of dots.[Pi. II, i.]2 Seringapatam,1216.Seringapatam,1217." The religion of Muhammadis made illustriousin the world bythe victory of Haidar.H. Haidari? Struck atPuttun in the year of4the cycle Sard :year(of the new "era) 121 6:surrounded by linedcircle and ring of dots.+~ ^\r JL,Same as No. 2 : but year6of the cycle Sirdb :year (of the new era)1217.^j^**- C v^~-v\v\jHe is the only justSultan. Epoch of the-accession in the ) earSakh third :(day of themonth) Bahdr'i year of:"the reign 6 : surroundedby lined circleand ring of dots.[PI. II, 2.]t-^-Jit-.V Same as No. 2 : but yearof the reign 7.[Pi. II, 3.]1The name of the cycle is here Jj dald, a water-bucketor the sign of the Zodiac Aquarius, the letters of whichproduce the number 40. The names of the years of thecycle on Tippoos's silver coins are :J;\ dzal, bt-jalti, jjj dalfa, \& shd, \.L. s&rd, and ^r*sirab. See supplement.2V. ant. p. 20, foot-note.3The word ^Ju*-Haidari is one of the names whichwas given to this coin.* ' 'The word \.L Sard means odoriferous, and is producedby adding together ^ 30, \ 1, \ 10, and again\ 1, whichmake up the number 42." Marsden, op. cit., p. 703.5The word s-U~. Sirab means "the undulating refractionof the sun's rays striking on a sandy plain " (mirage).