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41 By the Truth of Abu Bakr and the Justice of s Umar, by the 



Modesty of 'Usman and the Wisdom of 'AH. 



This excellent catologue by Mr. Whitehead is the pro- 

 duct of a rare combination of numismatic scholarship of a 

 very high order with thorough- going research and immenst- 

 application; and we are delighted to be able to add that al- 

 ready within a few weeks of its publication it has been crowned 

 by the Academie Fran^aise des Inscriptions et Belles Lettres. 

 That distinguished body of savants, adjudging it to be the 

 best contribution to Numismatic Science within the past 

 four years, has awarded Mr. Whitehead the Prix Drouin. 

 The late M. Ed. Drouin was himself a scholar deeply interested 

 in the coins of India, and that the prize bearing his hon- 

 oured name should fall to one who has with conspicuous 

 ability specialized in the field of Indian Numismatics is singu- 

 larly felicitous. To collectors in India the decision of the 

 Academy will entirely commend itself, while to members of 

 the Numismatic Society of India, it is especially gratifying 

 to know that their much esteemed Honorary Secretary has 

 been chosen to be the recipient of a distinction so honourable 

 -and so well deserved. 



London, 8th July, 1914, 



Geo. P. Taylor. 



143. Review. 



W. H. Valentine: The Copper Coins of India. Part /, 



Benyal and the United Provinces. 



Coin-collectors in India will be grateful to Mr. W. H. 

 Valentine for the second volume, recently published, of his 

 work on " The Copper Coins of Muhammadan States." There 

 is a tendency on the part of some numismatists to underesti - 

 mate the copper currency, and it is true that the majority of 

 early copper coins, now obtainable, are in poor condition, and 

 also true that their legends are generally brief even to baldness. 

 Still should only the king's name and mint- town be legible, 

 the coin thereby becomes a record, may be a valuable record, 

 which neither the historian nor the coin-collector should affect 

 to disregard. Mr. Valentine with a most praiseworthy diligence 

 and enthusiasm has for some years now devoted himself to 

 research in this comparatively neglected portion of Oriental 

 numismatics. He has managed to obtain, or at least to handle, 

 a, very large number of specimens in copper, and has been 

 careful to describe the many various types represented. By 

 thus specializing he has rendered a very real service to all who 

 3. re students of Eastern coins. 



The present volume, dealing with the copper coins of 



