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Notes on the Silver Punch-marked Coins in the British Museum

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  15 March 2011

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The Catalogue of the Coins of Ancient India in the British Museum, by Mr. J. Allan, published last year, has made the silver punch-marked coins available to all, and the clear system of classification which Mr. Allan has followed and his scholarly and complete Introduction give all the information about these coins that is at present available, while the large number of the coins which are illustrated in the plates enable the conclusions arrived at in the Introduction to be confirmed or questioned. General thanks are due to Mr. Allan for this important work. As this Catalogue will be the standard source of reference for the consideration and classification of these coins, it is important to note any points that arise from its consideration.

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Copyright © The Royal Asiatic Society 1937

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References

page 614 note 1 Archæological Survey of India, Annual Report, 1924–5, pp. 47–8, pl. ix.

page 615 note 1 Marshall, , ASR., 19121913, p. 42Google Scholar.

page 615 note 2 “Weight Standards of Ancient Indian Coins,” by Hemmy, A. F., JRAS., 1937, pp. 126, p. 10Google Scholar.

page 618 note 1 Classification and significance of the Symbols on the Silver Punchmarked Coins of Ancient India,” by Prasād, Durgā, JASB., 1934, Numismatic Supplement, xlv, pp. 550 and 32 platesGoogle Scholar.

page 618 note 2 Mohenjo-Daro, vol. i, pl. xii, fig. 17; op. cit. pl. xxx.

page 619 note 2 JBORS., 1919, pp. 16–72; JBORS., 1919, pp. 463–494; JRAS., 1924, Centenary Supplement, pp. 175–189.

page 623 note 1 “Notes on some of the Symbols found on the punch-marked coins of Hindustan,” by Theobald, W., JASB., 1890, pp. 181268Google Scholar, vide pp. 221 and 253.

page 624 note 1 These coins are:— Class 2. Group I. var. f, p. 21, 2 coins; var. g, pp. 21–3, 25 coins; var. h, pp. 23–4, 4 coins. Group II, pp. 26–7, var. c, 3 coins; var. d, 1 coin; var. e, 8 coins; var. f, 1 coin; var. g, 2 coins; var. h, 5 coins; and Group VII, var. f, p. 47, 1 coin.