Stanley Lane-Poole was an archaeologist and orientalist, but he also wrote many works on other subjects too. This particular book was first published in 1874, and is on the subject of numismatics (the study or collection of currency). It is designed as a catalogue of the oriental coins to be found tin the collection of Col. C. Seton Guthrie. It includes several plates of the coins and transcriptions of the markings found on them. 3