52 ACCOUNTS, &C., OF THE BRITISH MUSEUM. 



genuine coin (silver) discovered of Ismail II., Shah of Persia, A.D. 984, 985. {See 

 Cat., Shahs of Persia, pp. xxx, xxxi.) 



Five dirheins of the Samiinee Ruler, Nooh II., ibn Mansoor. Presented by Sh' 

 Donald 2[ackenzie Wallace. 



Three gold Huns, of Bijapore, and rupees of Gujerat, and of the East India 

 Company, struck at Surat. Presented by the Government of India. 



Two Rama-Tankas, representing the god Hanuman and Rama and ^ita enthroned, 

 and also bearing Sansrkitic inscriptions. 



Twenty tin coins, some of peculiar form, made for circulation in the State of 

 Pehang, Malay Peninsula. Presented by E. G. Lascelles, Esq. 



A specimen of gold ring-money from the Soudan. 



Collection of Pandit Bhagvanlal Indi-ajT. 



In January 1889, the Museum received a Ijecjuest of over 4,000 coins, chiefly Indian, 

 collected by the late Pandit Bhagvanlfd IndrajT, Fellow of the University of Bombay, 

 and Honorary Member of the Royal Asiatic Society. In accordance with the terms 

 of the Pandit's will his collection will be arranged by itself and kept separately. Its 

 most noteworthy features are : — 



(1.) A series, numbering about 700 specimens, of the coins struck by the Satraps 

 of Western India (formerly known as the Sah kings), who ruled during the 

 third and fourth centuries of the Christian era. This series contains well- 

 preserved specimens of all the known satraps and great-satraps of this dynasty, ten 

 of whom were previously unrepresented in the Museum collection. The exceedingly 

 rare coinages of the first two satraps, Nahapana and Chashtana, are each represented 

 by two specimens ; and the collection is especially valuable as containing a large 

 number of clearly dated specimens, which were collected by the Pandit to illustrate 

 his article on the chronology of these satraps. 



(2.) A collection of the coins of the ^Northern, oi- "Buddhist" Satraps, a dynasty 

 ruling, in the first and second centuries of the Christian era, over the territory 

 between the valleys of the Himrdayas and the junction of the Ganges and Jumna. 

 The coins of these princes had previously been published by Prinsep and Cunningham, 

 but a clue to their history was first obtained by Bhagvanlrd from the inscriptions on 

 the " Lion Capital," which he has also bequeathed to the Museum. 



(3.) A collection of Andhra lead coins, including a considerable number of speci- 

 mens not previously represented in the Museum. 



In addition to these three chief classes, the coins of the Sanga and other ancient 

 Hindu dynasties are worthy of mention. The remainder of the collection, consisting 

 of Parthian, Bactrian, and Indo-Scythic, and medifeval and modern Indian coins, will 

 add little not hitherto possessed by the Museum. 



III. — Catalogues and Guides. 



Greek Series :- 



The Catalogue of the Coins of Corinth, Colonies of Corinth, &c., by Barclay V. 

 Head, d.c.l., ph.d., has been published. 



The Catalogue of the Coins of Pontus, Paphlagonia, Bithynia, and the Kingdom of 

 Bosporus, by Warwick Wroth, has been published. 



The third edition of the Guide to the Coins of the Ancients, by Barclay V. Head, 

 D.C.L. , PH.D., illustrated by seven plates, and with the text revised, has been pub- 

 lished. 



IV. — Visitors to the Med(d Room and the Gold. Ornament Room. 



The number of visitors to the Medal Room during 1889, was 2,108. 



The number of visitors to the Gold Ornament Room du)ing 1889, was 20,747. 



Reginald Stuart Poole. 



