50 ACCOUNTS, ETC., OF THE BRITISH MUSEUM. 



Of the above 640 have been presented, viz, 12 of gold, 219 of 

 silver, 287 of bronze and 122 of other metals. 



The following is a list of benefactors to the Department of Coins 

 and Medals during the past year : — 



The Rt. Hon. the Earl Spencer, K.G. ; the Deputy Master of the 

 Mint ; the Government of Madras ; the Government of the United 

 Provinces ; the Director of Agriculture for the Central Provinces ; 

 the Society of Antiquaries ; the British School in Egypt ; the 

 National Art Collections Fund ; the Bombay Branch of the Royal 

 Asiatic Society ; the American Numismatic Society ; J. Allan, Esq. ; 

 Signor Arturo Anzani ; R. D. Banerji, Esq., M.A. ; J. E. Baskett, 

 Esq. ; Miss E. Boyer-Brown ; E. C. Birch, Esq. : W. H. Buckler, 

 Esq. ; Albert H. Caslon, Esq. ; H. C. Churton, Esq. ; S. C. 

 ('ockerell, Esq. ; Richard Dalton, Esq. ; Guy Dickins, Esq. : Rev. 

 Francis J. Eld; Miss Helen Farquhar ; J. T. R. Fussell, Esq. ; 

 Henry Garside, Esq. ; Sir Hamilton Goold-Adams, G.C.M.G. ; 

 R. W. Goulding, Esq. ; A. S. F. Gow, Esq. ; S. W. Grose, Esq. ; 

 W. G. Groves, Esq. ; H. A. Grueber, Esq., F.S.A. ; F. D. Harford, 

 Esq., C.V.O. ; D. T. Harris, Esq. ; Lionel Heath, Esq. ; Gray Hill, 

 Esq. ; J. R. Kelly, Esq. ; L. A. Lawrence, Esq., F.S.A. ; Prof. 

 Dr. J. Leite de Vasconcellos ; T. 0. Mabbott, Esq. : George 

 Macdonald, Esq., C.B. ; Alex. Macrae, Esq., M.D. ; J. Grafton 

 Milne, Esq. ; Ellis H. Minns, Esq. ; Professor C. Oman ; Don 

 Guillermo de Osma ; C. R. Peers, Esq., F.S.A. ; Mrs. J. E. 

 Powell ; A. E. Press, Esq. ; Sir Hercules Read, LL.D. ; Rev. 

 Edgar Rogers ; Maurice Rosenheim, Esq., F.S.A. ; Horace Sandars, 

 Esq., F.S.A. ; T. Sheppard, Esq., F.G.S. ; Ernest B. Smith, Esq. ; 

 A. H. Smith, Esq. ; J. Henderson Smith, Esq. ; Mrs. Alfred 

 Sotheby ; Messrs. Spink and Son, Ltd. ; W. Barclay Squire, Esq., 

 F.S.A. ; Henry Symonds, Esq., F.S.A. ; E. Timperley, Esq. ; 

 Charles Tite, Esq. ; Sir William Treloar, Bart. ; Dr. L. 0. Tudeer ; 

 Henry Van den Bergh, Esq. ; Rev. J. A. Vanes ; Rev. Hedley 

 Vicars ; W. H. Valentine, Esq. ; Emery Walker, Esq., F.S.A. ; 

 Percy H. Webb, Esq. ; H. Nelson Wright, Esq., I.C.S. : A. M. 

 Woodward, Esq. 



IV. — Remarkable Coins and Medals. 



The year has been marked by the acquisition of a large selection 

 of English coins from the collection made by the late Sir John 

 Evans. Taken as a whole this is the most important addition to the 

 English series that has been made since the purchase of the Roberts 

 Collection in 1810. Among the pieces of outstanding interest may 

 be mentioned the following : A gold Penny of Henry III., one of 

 six specimens now existing of the first gold coinage of England 

 which was ordered by Henry III. in 1257 ; a set of the Florin, 

 Half-florin and Quarter-florin of Edward III. (only one other 

 complete set is at present known of this first attempt of Edward III. 

 to establish a gold coinage) ; also a fine specimen of the very rare 

 first noble of the same reign ; a heavy and a light Half-noble of 



