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coinage of ancient and mediaeval India, may now "be said to 

 be practically complete. 



In the remaining non-Hindu section the following classes 

 and specimens are of special importance : — 



8 Gold, 6 silver, and 11 bronze coins of the Scytho- 

 Sassanians and Little Kushans, all new to the Museum, and 

 some of them unique. These are published and commented 

 upon by Sir A. Cunningham in the Nuinismatic Chronicle, 

 1893. 



35 Gold, 18 silver, and 39 bronze coins of the Grseco- 

 Indian, Indo-Scythian, and Sassanian series ; all rare and 

 specially selected by Sir Alex. Cunningham to fill certain 

 gaps, which he knew to exist in the British Museum Col- 

 lection. 



81 Silver and 54 bronze coins of the White Huns. All 

 the silver and some of the bronze coins are entirely new 

 to the Museum. This series was hardly known before Sir 

 A. Cunningham's article on the subject in the Proceedings 

 of the Oriental Congress for 1892. 



156 Gold coins of the Kushans, of which as many as 65 

 are new to the Museum and the rest varieties. 



A series of about 800 Parthian and Sassanian silver and 

 bronze coins, collected with infinite care, nearly all the 

 specimens being beautifully preserved. 



50 Silver and 3 bronze coins of the Muhammadan kingjs 

 of Kashmir. 



VI. — Visitors to the Medal Room and the Gold 

 Ornament Room.. 



The number of visitors to the Medal Room during the year 

 1894 was 2,612. 



The number of visitors to the Gold Ornament Room during 

 the year 1894 was 20,420. 



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