110 Lellerfrom Mr. V. A. Smith regard hg Oapla Coins. [June, 



Dr. A. F. R. HoERNLE read the following extracts of a letter from 

 Mr. V. A. Smith stating that he was compiling a detailed and classified 

 Catalogue of the Gold Coins of the Imperial Gupta Dynasty, and that he 

 would he glad of any fresh information any member might be able to give 

 him on the subject : 



"The title of my paper will probably be ^ A Detailed and Classified 

 Catalogue of the Gold Coins of the Imperial Gupta Dynasty^ with an Intro- 

 duction' 



"The materials hardly exist for a comprehensive study of the coins of 

 the Guptas of the Aphsar inscription, and the other debased types, but I 

 have noticed them briefly in a Supplement. My Catalogue and Supplement 

 deal with about 250 specimens, viz.^ all the published coins, and the collec- 

 tions of the British Museum, India Office, Sir E. C. Bayley, Mr. A. Grant, 

 Mr. VV. Theobald, and the Asiatic Society of Bengal. In the Introduction 

 I propose to discuss the types, symbolism, the so-called monograms, weights, 

 find-spots, and comparative rarity of the coins. It may perhaps interest 

 you to know that an investigation of the weights seems to show that the 

 authentic Gupta coins follow three distinct standards, viz..^ Ghatot Kacha, 

 Chandragupta II, about 125 grains (aurei), excepting the wheel variety of 

 archer type of Ch. G. II ; Kumara, 130 grains and Skanda and wheel 

 variety of Ch. G. II, 134-5 grains. 



" The later coins, as of Nara, follow a standard of about 146 grains, 

 i. e., the suvarna. 



. " If you think that a paragraph in the Proceedings would be likely 

 to elicit fresh information I have no objection to your stating what I am 

 trying to do. I do not profess to be a numismatist, but I have devoted 

 much time and labour to this set of coins and think I can give a tolerably 

 complete account of what is known of them, leaving it for others to fill up 

 lacunae. '^ 



The catalogue will be accompanied by four plates, three of coins and 

 one of monograms. 



Dr. A. F. R. HoEENLE read a Note from Mr. H. Rivett-Carnac, 

 C. S., C. I. E., F. S. A., &c., &c., forwarding a Memorandum on the 

 Cromlech of Er-Lannig in the Gulf of Morbihan, Brittany, France, by 

 the Comte de Limur, (with Photographs and Specimens). 



Mr. Rivett-Carnac writes : 



" Considering it of importance that the stone implements found by 

 Mr. J. Cockburn and myself in the North- West Provinces of India should 

 be compared with the types of implements found in various parts of Europe, 

 specimens were sent to the chief Museums, and to many gentlemen inter- 

 ested in antiquarian research in Great ]3ritain and the Continent of Europe. 

 I have received and am still receiving interesting letters from my corre- 

 spondents on the subject. 



