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3. Catalogues of British Coins and Medals. 



Handbook of the Coins of Great Britain and Ireland, by 

 H. A. Grueber. 



Plates I.-XXXVI. have been passed to press for the 

 2nd edition. 



Medallic Illustrations of the History of Great Britain 

 and Ireland, by H. A. Grueber. (Atlas of plates.) 



Parts I. and II. comprising Plates I.-XX, with letter-press 

 have been printed and issued, and 8 plates for Part III. have 

 been prepared for illustration. 



4. Catalogues of Oriental Coins. 



Indian Coins. — Andhras and Western Kshatrajyas, by 

 E. J. Eapson. 



Lists have been made of all recorded finds of Andhra 

 coins. Descriptions have been written of 245 specimens, and 

 the portion of the introduction dealing with the various coin- 

 ages of the Andhra Empire has been completed in MS. 



III. — A cquisitions. 



The total number of coins and medals added to the 

 Department during the year 1904 was 2.084, of which 24.5 are 

 of gold, 662 of silver, 1,161 of bronze, and 16 of other metals. 



The following table shows the number of the new acquisi- 

 tions classified according to the several series to which they 

 belong : — 



Class. 



Gold. 



Silver. 



Bronze. 



Other 



Metals, 



etc. 



Total. 



Greek .... 



Roman 



British and Colonial 



Mediaeval and Modern - 



Oriental .... 



2 

 233 



2 



8 



1 10 



324 



56 



59 



113 



79 

 989 

 17 

 26 

 50 



1 



14 



192 



1546 



76 



99 



171 



Total - 



245 



662 



1161 



16 



2084 



Of the above, 287 have been presented, viz., 8 of gold, 

 127 of silver, 137 of bronze, and 15 of other metals. 



These donations are due to the generosity of the following 

 benefactors, &c. : — 



The Academic des Inscriptions et Belles-Letfcres, Paris ; 

 the Government of the United Provinces of Agra and 

 Oudh ; the Bombay Branch of the Roj'ai Asiatic Society ; the 

 Royal Archaeological Institute ; Bataviaaset Genootschap 

 van Kunsten en Wetenschappen, Batavia ; M. H. Beraldi ; 



