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Dr. Hoernle —Antiquities from Central Asia. [Extra No. 1, 
coins [of the third variety, No. IV in the woodcut on p. 10], and the one 
opposite, reading round the field, appears to be chin. There are ap¬ 
parently two intervening symbols, very indistinct. Is the metal nickel ? 
The style of the lettering is that of the Ch‘in (Ts‘in) dynasty, which 
preceded the Han in China (cf. B.M. Catalogue, No. 154, p. 326). 
(6) Mediaeval Coins. 
(la) Note a crescentic line in relief above the square hole on the 
reverse, which marks a variety. The Chinese story goes that the em¬ 
peror made a nail mark on the wax model when it was presented at this 
period. 
(lc) The number of Ta-li coins is remarkable, as it is rare in China. 
Only two sizes are figured by Chinese numismatists, so that the small 
specimen in the collection would be a clipped piece. 
(le) Plate" 4 !!, No. 16. For t'i read te. The period King-te = A.D. 
1004-1007. The period Che-tao of the preceding reign of T'ai-Tsung 
(Id) corresponded to A.D. 995-997. Many of the dates in the paper 
are incorrect, e.g ., Kien-yuan should be 758-759, and Ta-li 766-779. 
There is a convenient table for reference in Mayer’s “ Chinese Reader’s 
Manual.” 
(1/) Plate II, No. 18. This has the inscription Huang sung t'ung 
pao and belongs to the Pao-yuan period (A.D. 1038-39). The coinage 
was inscribed Huang-sung “ Imperial Sung ’ ’ during this nien-hao to 
avoid the repetition of the characters on the “ cash.” 
N.B .—The Chinese Annals of the Sung Dynasty record the large 
sum of “ cash ” given by the Emperor to the envoys from Khotan in 
return for the presents they brought to court; e.g., 5000 strings of cash 
( = 500000 pieces) in the 8th year of the Kia-yu period (A.D. 1063). 
Cf. Remusat’s Khotan, p. 92. Also 100000 cash in the 8th year (A.D. 
1085) of the Yuan-feng period, of which there are specimens in the 
collection (If). 
(1 n) Plate II, No. 10 was issued in the reign of the last sovereign 
but one of the Hsi Hsia Dynasty of Tangut (A.D. 1212-22) and is 
figured (No. 11, p. 19) in my article in the Journal of the China Branch 
of the Royal Asiatic Society, Vol. XXX (1895-96). Hillier’s spelling 
of Hear to give the Italian sound of the a is grotesque. 
(Ch) The first character of the legend is Hsien, and the coin was 
issued in the Hsien-p’ing period (A.D. 998—1003) of the reign of the 
emperor Chen Tsung. (Hillier’s No. 125). 
(lo) Plate III, No. 6 is a modern coin from Annam, belonging to 
the reign of their King Hien-tong (A.D. 1740-1786). See “Annam 
and its minor Currency” by Ed. Toda (Journal, N. Ch. Br. R.A.S., 
New Series, Vol. VII, 1882). 
