CENTRAL ASIAN ANTIQUITIES. 
The Central Asian Antiquities which are comprised in the British 
Collection distribute themselves into the following main classes : (J) 
manuscripts; (2) xylographs; (3) terra-cottas and pottery; (4) coins 
and seals; and (5) figures of stone, metal or wood, and other miscel¬ 
laneous objects. 
As the coins present the most serviceable historical and chronolo¬ 
gical data, it may be best to commence with their description. 
Section I.—COINS AND SEALS. 
The following is a Summary of the Coins in the Collection:— 
I. 
Indo-Chinese 
coins, 
72 
II. 
Chinese 
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148 
III. 
Scytho-Bactrian 
36 
IV. 
Indo-Scythian 
V) 
10 
V. 
Sassanian 
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7 
VI. 
Mediaeval Hindu 
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8 
VII. 
Mediaeval Muhammadan 
127 
VIII. 
Modern Turki 
18 
IX. 
Modern Indian 
59 
X. 
Modern European 
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Total Coins 486 
I. Indo-Chinese Coins. 
There are altogether seventy-two of these coins in the Collection : 
nine large and sixty-three small ones. They all come from Khotan and 
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