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was found, may render very valuable what is otherwise mere old 

 copper. 



" Of Indian coins the Baetrians should have the first place, but 

 for such an extensive and interesting series it is the worst repre- 

 sented of any ; in silver there is only a drachma of Demetrius, 

 a hemidrachma of Zoilus, 2 of Hormoeus, 1 of Dionysius and 5 of 

 Menander. None of them are in particularly good preservation, 

 though the Dionysius is I fancy very rare.* The copper are as 

 poor as the silver, most being of the commonest types, and in poor 

 preservation. The aid of friends in the Punjab, or possessing any 

 duplicates in their collection is much needed to render the series 

 at least what the Asiatic Society ought to possess. 



" Of Indo-Scythic gold there is but one, of Overkias A. A. XIV. 

 2, and not by any means a fine specimen ; the copper too are 

 inferior, and a good set of these would be a great addition to the 

 collection. 



" Of Arsacidan there is one large silver and 11 of the ordinary 

 smaller size. It would be very desirable to get these named and 

 assigned by any one conversant with the series. 



" There are 5 Greek tetradrachms, 4 of Ptolemy and one of some 

 other monarch ; there are also 2 silver of Alexander the Great, but 

 Mr. Thomas doubts their being genuine, apparently with too good 

 reason. 



" It is in Eoman coins the Society is peculiarly rich, and a re- 

 ference to the earliest numbers of the Journal would probably 

 enable any numismatist easily to re-arrange and ideutify the speci- 

 mens there described. I bad no time to do it myself, so have 

 merely put all these together. Some appear very fine specimens, and 

 there are 13 silver besides 8 beautiful gold, these last presented 

 by General Cullen from Travancore. 



" Of the Hindoo coins, the Guptas claim the first attention, and 

 here again though the number is considerable, the types are few 

 and, of the real Gupta series, possessing little interest. There are 

 a few good and interesting copper ones presented by Captain Hayes 



* Not having Cunningham's plates by me just now, and being pushed for 

 fcimc, I am unable to refer to the figures as? I could have wished. 



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