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old silver coins of the so-called Indo-Sassanian class, which are described 

 iu the August Proceedings. They are particularly interesting, because 

 from their close imitation of the real Sassanian coins of Firiiz I (479-486 

 A. D.) it becomes probable that they represent an issue of Toramana, 

 the well-known leader of the Hunnic invasion of Persia and India in 

 the last quarter of the 5th century. 



Among the additions to the Coin Cabinet of the Indian Museum the 

 collection of Central Asiatic coins, made by Capt. de Lassoe and presented 

 by the Government of India, deserve special notice. It consists of 2486 

 coins (viz., 41 gold, 158 silver, 487 copper and 1800 of mixed metal). 

 Prom the numerous duplicates among them, selections have been 

 presented to the Lahore Museum and the British Museum. The collec- 

 tion was rich in very rare coins ; not a few varieties were quite new, and 

 some coins may even be unique. Among the new varieties may be 

 especially mentioned several of 'Alau-d-dln Muhammad bin Takash, the 

 Shah Khwarizm. They are of mixed metal, and show on the obverse the 

 Shah mounted on a horse or an elephant, with or without a lance ; the 

 reverse bearing his name and titles. A full descriptive catalogue, based 

 on a preliminary examination by Mr. Oh. J. Rodgers, will shortly be 

 published by Dr. Hoernle as a supplement to the Society's Journal. 



Part I of our Journal contains two very interesting papers on coins. 



Mr. B. E. Oliver gives a paper on the Coins of the Muhammadan 

 Kings of GvTJarat (illustrated with three plates), and describes several 

 hitherto undescribed coins which he found in a collection belonging to 

 Mr. Furdoonjee of Bombay. 



Dr. Hoernle describes some new or rare Muhammadan and Hindu 

 coins found in the Hoshungabad District. The most important of the 

 *' Pathan" coins are a coin of Muhammad bin-Ta gh laq ; two gold coins of 

 Ghiyasu-d-din Taghlaq II, of different types ; a gold coin of Abii Bakr 

 who reigned from 791 to 792 A. H. ; a gold coin of Sikandar bin llyas, of 

 Bengal, all of which are figured and believed to be unique. 



Two gold coins, from Khajuraha, of the Chandeltype, one of which is 

 attributed by Dr. Hoernle to Vira Varma or Bala Varma, and the other 

 to Paramarddi Deva, are also believed to be unique. 



The Lucknow Museum has received one unique gold Gupta coin of 

 Virasena Kramaditya, bull type, besides other gold, silver and copper 

 coins. 



In the Madras Museum the most important additions of coins have 

 been 15 aurei, of Tiberius, Vespasian, Hadrian, Antoninus Pius, Faustina 

 senior, Marcus Aurelius, Oommodus. These were found by a native 

 while digging in the old Fort of Vinukonda, and as he concealed them, 

 they became forfeit. 



