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5. Oriental Series : — 



731 coins, recently acquired, have been registered and 

 incorporated. 



1000 tickets referring to the Catalogue of the Andhras and 

 Western Kshatrapas have been written and placed beneath the 

 coins. 



85 coins hitherto regarded as " Uncertain " have been 

 identified. 



11 collections of Oriental coins (Guptas, Chinese, &c.) have 

 been examined and selections made for the Museum. 



The local issues of North-West and Central India and the 

 coins of the native States of Eajputana have been more 

 minutely classified and supplied with additional heading cards. 

 The series of Indian local coinages has been expanded from 

 two to three cabinets. 



146 coins of the Gupta dynasty have been weighed. 



The coins of Madura have been arranged chronologically. 



The coins of Afghanistan, Kashmir, and the various Sikh 

 issues of the Punjab, have been classified under kings and 

 mints. 



Rectifications have been made in the series of Assamese 

 coins, and the series of Nepal has been expanded. New 

 heading-cards have been supplied where required. 



The series of the coins of Georgia has been expanded and 

 provided with new heading-cards. 



6. Exhibitions and General Arrangements : — 



A selection from the recent acquisitions of the Department, 

 likely, on various grounds, to be of general interest has been 

 arranged with labels in a special exhibition-case placed at the 

 entrance of the Medal Room. 



The collection of casts and moulds of Greek, Roman and 

 other coins in foreign museums has been removed from the 

 electrotypists' workshop in the Basement and placed in glass 

 cases in one of the upper rooms of the Department of Coins, 

 where it can be referred to more conveniently. 



II. — Catalogues. 

 1. Catalogues of Greek Coins. 



Coins of Phoenicia, by G. F. Hill. 



The coins of Ace-Pfcolemais have been arranged and de- 

 scribed. The Introduction has been completed and the MS. 

 of the text revised for the printer. Signatures B-D have been 

 passed for press. 

 Coins of Oalilaea, Samaritis, and Judaea, by G. F. Hill. 



504 coins have been weighed in preparation for this 

 Catalogue. 



