ONS News including AGM 2008, London and Utrecht meetings

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New members and revised addresses

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New and recent publications

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Other news

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A flood of fake Bactrian coins (R. Bracey)

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Notes on the ancient and mediaeval numimatics of Central Asia (M. Fedorov)

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Star in place of cross: notes on the early Georgian-Khulagid Christian dirhams (I. Paghava, Z. Gvindjilia & S. Kudin)

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The Mahabhojas of Aparanta (A. Bankar)

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Some unpublished coins of the Bengal Sultans (Iftekhar Alam)

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Some rare coins of Lakshminarayana of Cooch Behar (N. Rhodes)

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The Ranas of Gohad and their occupations of Gwalior Fort – a numismatic perspective (B. Tabor)

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The coins of the ceded and conquered provinces of the Bengal Presidency – a copper pice of Agra (P. Stevens)

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Chiang money of Lan Na (V. Mihailovs, P. Nagl & R Krisadaolarn)

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A small hoard of Chinese cash found in Gujarat (M. Mitchiner)

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Coins of the Safavid ruler, Muhammad Khudabanda: part 2 (S. Goron)

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