1881.] 
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It is impossible to estimate the value of the ornaments and other relics 
found in the Oxus deposit, as so many of them were cut up on the spot, 
whilst many have found their way into other hands. It may be useful, 
however, to note that my own collection comprises 9,788 grains of gold 
relics and 34,075 grains of silver relics. The Chariot and Horseman be¬ 
longing to Lord Lytton weigh 1,431 grains of gold. The par value of 
the relics that I have seen may be summed up as follows: 
Gold. Silver. 
Author, ... 1,223 11s. 190 Rs. 
Lord Lytton, . 180 Rs. 
Major Burton,.,.. e . 700 Rs. 
2,103 Rs. -f 190 Rs. 
Total,. 2,293 Rs. 
If all the bracelets and collars now in my possession were complete, 
the actual value of the gold and silver would then exceed 2,500 Rs. But X 
have heard of a group of chariot and horses of 120£ intrinsic value which 
has lately been sold in England, and of a large silver horse and other relics, 
which would certainly raise the actual value of the ornaments and other 
relics to 5000 Rs. So that the whole treasure in relics and coins would 
have been worth 750£ at par. 
Large finds of coins are not unknown in India. The following may 
be of interest to others besides coin collectors. 
In 1842, near Coimbatore, 524 Roman gold coins were found, com¬ 
prising 134 Augustus, 381 Tiberius, 3 Caligula, 5 Claudius. [Bombay 
Asiatic Society’s Journal, I, 294.] 
In 1851, 12 miles from Benares, 160 gold coins of the Gupta kings 
were found including 71 specimens of Chandra Gupta. [Bengal Asiatic 
Society’s Journal, XXI, 390.] 
In 1863 in Kucli Bihar, 13,500 old rupees of the Muhammadan kings 
of Bengal were dug up. [Royal Asiatic Society’s Journal, N. S., II, 145.] 
In 1871, in Agra, about 2000 heavy silver coins of Jahangir, l\ 
rupee each, were found in a heap of ruins outside the city. 
In 1874, in Sonpat, about, 1200 hemidrachmas of the Greek kings of 
Kabul and the Panjab were found in the bank of a tank. I have myself 
received upward of 900 of these coins, and have seen most of the others. 
They comprised specimens of eleven different kings; one half of the whole 
number belonging to Menander, 
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