John Allan | |
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| Born | 8 August 1884 Bolton, East Lothian, Scotland |
| Died | 29 August 1955 (aged 71) |
| Alma mater | University of Edinburgh and Leipzig University |
John Allan, CB, FSA, FSA Scot, FBA (8 August 1884 – 29 August 1955) was a British numismatist and scholar of Sanskrit. Allan was a noted numismatist and produced the first systematic study of the coins the Gupta Empire, which remains a standard reference today.