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 VENKATESWARA has a bowman with a veiled woman behind.  It probably represents the conquest of Bijapur and the resultant marriage of the Sultan's daughter to Prince Daniyal. Akbar used images very coins--perhaps only on three very sparingly rre types on the in gold. The coins dated in the Ilahi era, with Persian instead of Arabic names of the month and the ambiguous legend 'Allah Akbar '' illustrate his adherance to the Dgt-i. Ilal.L Jahangir gave up these 'aberrations' of Akb,r, ba retained the insertion of Persian coup- lets on his coins. The latter depict him goblet in hand, and the later ones bear the name of N nr Jahan by the side of the emperor's. Alone of all the Muham- madan rulers of India coins. The freak of beautiful 'Zodiacal' he placed his portrait on his the emperor is sen in his coins. Shahjahau's coins are are orthodox and large in size, and Aarangzeb's coins monotonous. Test;mony of an Eglish traveller Chaplain Terry  has some fine appreciative remarks about the coinage of this period, and I may be permitted to extract a paragraph. "Th, coin or bullion 'brought thither from any place is presently melted and refined and the Mughal's stamp (which is his name and titles) put upon it. The coin there is more pure than in any other part of the a orld, being (as they report) made of pure silver without any allay [alloy]; so that in the Spanish money, the purest of all Europe, there is some loss. They call their pieces of money rupees, of which there are some of diverse values, the meanest worth 2s, 3d, and the best 2s. 9d, steHing,  . . . 3d, is the least piece of silver Lanepoole, op. ct., Plate?. No. 17 See ",4kbar and th P,2 Arts" by the present writer in the "Indian llevlew' for 1915. Pge 119. (Hakluyt Society.'s Edition). Heno the different mt,s given by travellers e.g., 2s. 8d. (Roe I. 95), (Roe I. ltl) rand . or 1. 6d, (t'uroh8, p. 111) 2s. (Mnuool IL I15).