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rating the installation of William IV., Prince of Orange, as 

 Marquess of Veere and Vlissingen. Presented by Stanley 

 Shapland, Esq. 



5. Oriental Series : — 



Ten countermarked sigli of the Achaemenid dynasty of 

 Persia. 



A gold coin of great rarity, struck by the Sassanian monarch 

 Varahran VI. 



A series of 3 gold and 41 silver coins of the Sheybanee 

 dynasty of Transoxiana, bearing rulers' names, mints, and 

 dates new to the Museum collection. 



Three silver Indian coins of the Moghul Emperors, Shah 

 Jahan and Aurangzib. 



Presented by the Bombay Branch of the Royal Asiatic 

 Society. 



Eighteen copper coins of the following Sultans of Dehli, 

 Ala-ud-din Muhammad Shah I., Kutb-ud-din Mubarak Shah, 

 Taghlak Shah I., and Muhammad II. ibn Taghlak. 

 Presented, by the Asiatic Society of Bengal. 



Eight gold, 14 silver, and 46 copper coins of India, belong- 

 ing to the following classes : ancient punch-marked, Moghul, 

 Malwa, and East India Company. 



Presented by the Asiatic Society of Bengal. 



Ten lead coins of Mombasa, and 9 of Seyid ibn Barghash 

 of Zanzibar, the Imperial British East Africa Company, and 

 the German East Africa Company. 



Presented by Sir John Kirk, G.C.M.G. 



Two gold punch-marked coins of Southern India, one in- 

 scribed Jagadeva, and the other uninscribed. 

 Presented by E. A. Elliot, Esq. 



V. — Students and Visitors. 



The number of students and visitors to the Department 

 of Coins and Medals during the year 1895 was 2,516. 



Barclay V. Head. 



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