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of gilding or silvering, and 3 copper coins with two female and one male 

 figures on the reverse, resembling certain Gupta types. 



Besides these a very large number of coins, upwards of a thousand, 

 have passed through Dr. Hoernle's hands, sent to him by private collec- 

 tors for identification. Among them there were some of very special 

 interest. Tour attention may be drawn to a new Bactrian coin, a variety 

 of a silver hemidrachm of Strato I., which offers a new legend 

 with dhrami/casa, instead of prachachhasa, and was purchased for the 

 Society's collection from Mr. J. G. Delmerick ; also to a new gold 

 Gupta coin, a unique variety of the " king and queen " type of Chandra 

 Gupta I., which was forwarded by Mr. H. S. Boys. Both are noticed in 

 the April Proceedings of the Society. Another unique gold coin, belong- 

 ing to the Bengal Sultan Jalalu-d-din Fath Shah, and dated 890, has 

 lately fallen into Dr. Hoernle's hands and will be published in the 

 Society's Journal. 



The Lucknow Museum has received a large number of additions ; 

 viz., 24 gold, 148 silver, and 879 copper coins. Dr. Fiihrer's report 

 classifies them as follows : " of the gold coins ; 10 are of Kumara Gupta 

 Mahendra of six different types, 6 of Chandra Gupta II. of three differ- 

 ent types, 4 of Gangeya Deva of Chedi, 1 of the Chandela Viravarma 

 Deva I., 1 of Earapala Deva of Rewa, and 2 of Govinda Chandra Deva 

 of Kanauj. Of the silver coins ; 15 are of the earliest Hindu period, 

 10 of the Indo-Bactrian period, J 2 of the Indo-Sassanian period, 6 of 

 the Varaha dynasty, 10 of Vigraha Pala of Magadha, 6 of Muhammad 

 bin Same, 6 of Ghiyasu-d-din Balban, 7 of Muizzu-d-din Kaiqobad, 1 of 

 'Alau-d-din Muhammad Shah I., 8 of Sher Shah, 11 of Islam Shah, 5 of 

 Akbar, 1 of Jahangir, 2 of Shah Jahan, 4 of Aurangzib, 1 of 'Alam 

 Shah, 2 of 'A'lamgir II, 7 of Shah 'A'lam Jalalu-d-din, and 26 British 

 and Indian war medals. The copper coins comprise 257 Buddhist 

 (inscribed), 41 of the Mitra dynasty, 306 Indo-Bactrian, 72 Indo- 

 Scythian, 1 of Gangeya Deva of Chedi, 199 Musalman, 2 Burmese, 

 and 1 Nepalese." The Coin Catalogue of the Museum is in the press. 



The coin collections of the Madras Museum received large additions 

 during the year, including a gold coin of Taju-d-din Yildiz ; coins of 

 the Greek and Scythic kings of Bactria and India, Lysias, Rajnabala, 

 Spalirises and Azes, Abdagases, Orthagnes, Zeonises, Kadphises I., and 

 Kadaphes, the bronze coin of the last king having on the obverse a head 

 of the king diademed, and closely resembling the head of Augustus on 

 some of the coins of that Emperor ; several new types of Mysore coins, 

 and a collection of copper coins found at Kilakarai on the Madura Coast, 

 where there are remains of a large city, said to have extended from 

 Kilakarai to Muthupettah, about 9 miles, and also to Sheramoodelly 



