118 ACCOUNTS, ETC., OF THE BRITISH MUSEUM. 



Two gold coins of Kumaragupta II., new varieties of the 

 Horseman and Lion-slayer types. 



Four uncertain gold coins of Mediaeval India with the legend 

 Sri-Sivasya. 



Presented by the Governioient of Eastern Bengal. 

 A gold hun of Pratapa Deva Ray a of Vijayanagara. 



Presented by the Bombay Branch of the 

 Royal Asiatic Society. 



A gold tanka of Nasir Shah Khalji (1500-1512 A.D.) of 

 Malwa 912 a.h. 



A rare billon coin of Mahmud Damaghan Sultan of Madura 

 1344 A.D., dated 745 a.h., the second known coin of his reign. 



A rupee of Akbar of Lahore, Ilahi 40 : Bahman. 



Presented by S. E. Pears, Esq., I.C.S. 



Rupees of Akbar of Akbarnagar, Ilahi 50 and Lahore 

 1007 A.H. 



Fourteen rupees of Shah Jahan of the mints Ahmadabad, 

 Allahabad, Akbarnagar, Patna, Tatta and Delhi. 



A number of coins of Aurangzib of Ahsanabad, a.h. 1118-50. 



A silver four lai'i piece of the Maldive Islands, 1320 a.h. 



6. Chinese Series : — 



Two specimens (round and square) of the recently discovered 

 4 chu pieces of Lin-Tzu ; two metallic cowries issued by 

 Chwang, king of Tsu, 612-589 B.C. ; a large knife-coin of Tsih- 

 Moh, c. 400 B.C. ; 3 j9u-coins of the towns of Chung-tu, Koh and 

 Tao-Yeng of the fourth century B.C. ; a specimen of the very 

 rare 10 hwa piece of Wang Mang 14-21 A.D., and other early 

 Chinese coins. 



A silver dollar of Kuang Hsii of Kiang-Nan province, and a 

 Chinese imitation of the Indian rupee with " Yun-Nan Province" 

 and " Silver coin " in place of the original obverse and reverse 

 legends. Presented by P. E. O'Brien Butler, Esq. 



A dollar of the Chinese Republic with portrait of President 

 Yuan Shih, Kai. Presented by Mr. Chai Chang Wu. 



A dollar with the portrait of Sun Yat Sen, 5 other silver 

 and 6 copper Chinese coins of the Republic. 



A dollar of the Chinese Republic with portrait of General 

 Li. Bequeathed by Caroline Lady Ramsay. 



A bank note of one hwan of the Hung Wu period (1368-1398) 

 of the Ming Dynasty and a collection of 48 Japanese notes. 



A tree of cash of the Emperor Kuang Hsii, illustrating the 

 method of casting coins in China. 



V. — Books, t&c, 'presented to the Departmental Library. 



The following, among other books have been received as 

 donations to the Departmental Library. 

 Corpus Nummorum Italicorum, Vol. IV. 



From,. His Majesty the King of Ltaly. 



