DEPARTMENT OF COINS AND MEDALS. 9S 



A fine Dinar of Kumaragupta I. 414-452 A.D. of the rare 

 " Lion-Trampler " type. 



Presented hy Vincent A. Smith, Esq., i.c.s. 

 A copper coin of Malaya Varma of Narwar. 



Presented hy the Government of the United Provinces. 



A gold coin of the Ganga dynasty of Kalinganagara of the 

 eleventh century. Presented hy Edgar Thurston, Esq. 



A gold coin of Said Muhammad of Arcot. 



Presented hy Colonel J. Biddulph, 

 Three gold Virraya fanams. 



Presented hy the Madras Museum. 



A series of one hundred and forty copper coins of mediaeval 

 Southern India, containing many rare specimens. 



Presented hy Major E. H. McKenzie Elliot. 



Eight silver coins of Assam, of Gaurinatha Simha, Lakshrai 

 Simha, Rajesvara Simha, and Bhrajnatha Simha, from a find in 

 Jorhut. Presented hy the Government of Eastern 



Bengal and Assa7n. 

 A silver Buddhist medal from Burma. 



Presented hy the Asiatic Society of Bengal. 



6. Chinese Series : — 



A bilingual silver coin struck by the late Chinese Emperor^ 

 Kuang Hsii, at Kashgar, after the conquest of Turkestan. 



Presented by Colonel J. Biddulph. 



A silver coin of one tael struck for the Hu Nan Province, 

 and a silver coin of seven mace struck in the town of 

 Chang Sha. 



A fine specimen of the Japanese silver " Gho-gin " pieces- 

 struck for presentation. 



A silver piece of one-sixteenth ryo struck in Japan between 

 1829 and 1837. 



Presented hy Major E. H. McKenzie Elliot. 



An interesting series of forty-eight silver medals and amulets 

 struck by the Kings of Annam and presented as rewards for 

 services to the state. 



Three specimens of the lead " Hat-money " of Pahang. 



Presented hy Leonard Wray, Esq., i.s.o» 



Y.— Casts, &G. 



One hundred and five plaster casts of German medals and 

 plaquettes. Presented hy the Committee of the Burlington 



Fine Arts Club. 



A series of 109 impressions in lead of imitations of Roman 

 Medallions, and large brass coins, of Greek coins, and of 

 Italian medals, struck from dies executed by Giovanni Cavina 



