1899 .] 
Section I.—Coins arid Seals. 
37 
(c) 1 coin, ascription uncertain ; obv., curved sword in orna¬ 
mental ellipse; rev., zarb Kashmir' sanah 2 (?); weight 
86 grs.; size 09". 
(9) Unidentified coins: 
(а) large; 6 copper; 3 square, 3 round; with most fragment¬ 
ary legends; weight 169*5-83 grs.; size 07-O66". 
(б) small; 24 copper, all round, with most fragmentary 
legends; weight 46*5-4 grs. ; size 0333-0 , 5625". 
X. Modern European. 
A Russian copper coin ; got from the house of a Khotan merchant; 
obv., Imperial arms, rev., Imperial monogram within laurel crown, and 
date 1758 A.D.; weight 802 grs., size T66". Plate II, fig. 32. 
X. Seals, Intaglios, Cameos, Etc. 
(Plate III.) 
The total number of these objects in the collection is sixty-five. 
They are of a great variety, in point of material, size, shape, form, and 
engravement. There are also ten unfinished pieces (all of stone) which 
had clearly been cut to make seals, but which bear no engraving of any 
kind. Most of these objects come from the Takla Makan desert, and 
belong to M. 2, M. 3, M. 4, M. 6, M. 9, G. 7 and G. 10. A few, belong¬ 
ing to G. 4, come from Western Turkestan. 
With regard to material, there are of 
brass or copper, bronze ... ... 37 specimens, 
stone or glass, or ivory ... ... 28 ,, 
Total 65 ,, 
In size, they vary very widely ; from 1* 25" to 0'25" (PI. Ill, fig. 21) 
in length. 
In shape, there are the following varieties :— 
Square or nearly so 
Oblong 
Triangular 
Quaterfoil 
Round or nearly so 
Elliptical 
Fanciful 
22 
specimens 
3 
>> 
(PI. Ill, 19, 23, 39) 
1 
(PI. Ill, 68) 
2 
>> 
(PI. Ill, 71) 
23 
» 
14 
» 
l 
>> 
(PI. Ill, 80) 
66 
>> 
Total 
• t 
