VERY RARE gilded & embossed illustrated hardcover book. "A Catalogue of the Indian Coins in the British Museum - Ancient India" By John Allan, M.A., F.S.A. This is the First Edition, published by Oxford University Press, London (Printed by Order of the Trustees), 1936. Title on spine of book: "Catalogue of Indian Coins - Ancient India". Title inside book: "Catalogue of the Coins of Ancient India". This is the seventh volume in the 'Catalogue of Indian Coins in the British Museum' series, a comprehensive study & great reference book on the coinage of Ancient India, illustrated with 46 plates of black & white photographs of coins. Contents: Preface. List of Plates. Introduction: General. Part I: Various Early Single Type Silver Coins. Part II: Silver Punch-Marked Coins. Part III: Uninscribed Cast Copper Coins. Part IV: Punch-Marked Copper Coins. Part V: Tribal Coins. Catalogue of Coins: Various Early Single Type Silver Coins; Punch-Marked Silver Coins; Uninscribed Cast Copper Coins; Punch-Marked Copper Coins. Tribal Coins. Indexes: Attributions; Rulers; Inscriptions; Symbols on Punch-Marked Silver Coins; Symbols on Punch-Marked Copper Coins; Symbols on Uninscribed Cast Coins; Symbols on Tribal Coins; General. Table for Converting English Inches into Millimetres and the Measures of Mionnet's Scale. Table of the Relative Weights of English Grains and Metric Grammes.
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