JOURNAL 



OF THE 



ASIATIC SOCIETY OF BENGAL. 



Part I.— HISTORY, LITERATURE, &e. 

 Supplement, for No. IV.— 1889. 



Catalogue of the Central Asiatic Coins, collected by Captain A. F. Be 

 Lcessoe, in the Indian Museum, Calcutta. — By De. A. P. Rudolf 

 Hokrnle. 



(With two plates.) 



The coins which are described in the subjoined catalogue were 

 collected by Captain A. F. de Lasssoe on the northern frontier of Afghan- 

 istan, in the years 1884 to 1886, during the time of the Afghan Boundary 

 Commission, on which he was employed as Assistant Political Officer. 



The coins were, under the orders of the Government of India, 

 made over by him to Mr. Chas. J. Rodgers of the Archfeological 

 Survey, for a preliminary examination and report. They were after- 

 wards presented by the Government of India to the Indian Museum, 

 with a request that duplicates, when available, should be given to the 

 Museum in Lahore and to the British Museum in London. 



At the request of the Trustees of the Indian Museum, the coins 

 were carefully examined by me and catalogued. Mr. Rodgers' prelimi- 

 nary list proved of great advantage in this work, and most of his 

 readings and many of his remarks are embodied in the following pages. 



A large number of duplicates were presented to the Lahore Mu- 

 seum, and a somewhat smaller number to the British Museum. The 

 numbers from which presentations could be made, are indicated by the 

 marks f an( i +• 



