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Dr. Hoernle —Antiquities from Central Asia. 
is shown in the subjoined Woodcut No. 7, which also shows the relative 
position of the three symbols in the legend. 
No. 7. i • 
No. I is the usual form, seen in Plate I, 11. Nos. II, III, IV may 
be seen in Plate I, 8, 14, 16 respectively. No. V shows a form of the 
3rd symbol which I have noticed on coins of the 3rd and 4th varieties, 
shown in Plate III, 1, 3. 
I read the symbols as follows :— 
luh (l) tchu (2) tsien (3), i.e., “ six Tchu (of) money.” 
The second and third symbols of this legend are the same as the 
fourth and sixth of the longer one. The first symbol, as shown in Figure 
III, is that given by Dr. T. de Lacouperie, on page xl of his Introduction 
to the British Museum Catalogue, for luh 1 six.’ The corresponding 
forms in fig. I, II and IV are merely ornamental modifications. A form 
of lull, much like that in fig. II and IV, occurs in coin No. 453, of the Br. 
Mus. Cat., p. 423. Compare also the forms of luh in coins No. 753, 816, 
159-161. 
The Chinese legends state the weight of the coins. According to 
them the large coins should normally weigh one Hang and four tchu , 
while the small ooins should weigh six tchu. As we shall see presently, 
these Indo-Chinese coins must be referred to the first and second 
centuries A.D., i.e ., to the time of the Han dynasty in China. That 
dynasty followed the monetary system of the preceding Tsin dynasty 
which had doubled the ancient standard. According to this doubled 
standard the Hang weighed about 195 grains, and the tchu, about 8T2 
grains. 4 Accordingly the normal weight of the large coins should be 
approximately 227‘48 grains, and of the small coins, 48‘72 grains. A 
reference to the preceding list (see pp. 2-4) will show that the actual 
weights of the coins vary widely from this normal, even fully allowing 
for much wear and tear. This, however, was the usual condition of 
the currency in China. Dr. T. de Lacouperie in his Introduction to 
the British Museum Catalogue (pp. xxiii, xxiv) shows how numerous 
the variants in weight were, and how “ far they were from being 
4 See Introduction to the Br. Mus. Cat., pp. xlii-xliv, 
