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Captain Edw. Shepherd ; Messrs. Spink and Son ; Mrs. Staunton ; 

 Henry Symonds, Esq., F.S.A, ; Prof. J. Havard Thomas ; Henry 

 Yan den Bergh, Esq. ; the Rev. J. A. Vanes ; Emery Walker, Esq., 

 F.S.A. ; W. C. Wells, Esq. ; Mr. J. Wilcke ; Mrs. J. S. Wilks ; 

 W. J. Wintle,Esq. ; Howland Wood, Esq. ; A. M. Woodward, Esq. 



IV. — Remarkable Coins and Medals. 

 A. Coins. 



An electrum half-stater (84-6 grs.) of the 7th cent. B.C., of an 

 micertain Ionian mint ; obv. Star in wreath ; rev. Two incuse 

 impressions, one of which has been obliterated by a second impression. 

 From the Kessissoglou Collection. Presented by Henry Oppenheimer, 

 Esq., F.S.A. 



Twenty silver Persian sigloi from a hoard said to have been found 

 in Ionia, including some hitherto unknown varieties and many 

 peculiar countermarks. Presented by J. G. Milne, Esq. 



A very rare silver tetradrachm of Syracuse ; obv. Four-horse 

 chariot, crowned by Victory ; below, olive-branch ; rev. Head of 

 nymph surrounded by four dolphins and usual inscription. Weight 

 262 grs. From the collection of Dr. A. C. Headlam. The olive- 

 branch symbol suggests that this coin commemorates the peace- 

 congress which was held at Gela in 424 B.C. Presented by Sir 

 Arthur Evans, F.K.S., P.S.A . 



A hoard of 39 silver Athenian tetradrachms of the 5th and 4th 

 cent, of the usual types, found in the Ptah teraenos at Memphis ; 

 most of the specimens are punchmarked or disfigured by testing- 

 marks ; one is a contemporary forgery ; and some are of excep- 

 tionally free style. Presented by the British School of Archceology in 

 Egypt. 



A rare silver didrachm of Croton (types, eagle and tripod 

 crowned by Victory) of reduced weight (95 grs.), dating from 

 the period 280-277 B.C. From the collection of Dr. A. C. 

 Headlam. Presented by S. W. Grose, Esq. 



A minute brass coin of the Emperor Hadrian, weighing 13'2 

 grs ; obv. Head of the Emperor ; rev. S.C in wreath. Only one 

 other specimen is recorded. Presented anonymously. 



A remarkable and hitherto unknown gold coin of the 18th 

 cent., issued by one of the West Indian colonies, probably 

 Jamaica ; it is made out of a Spanish Peruvian gold onza of 1738, 

 which has been plugged with a piece of gold, bringing the weight 

 up to that of the current " double doubloon," 415*4 grs. On the 

 plug are impressed an alligator and the letters G. C, the initials of 

 the issuing authority. The coin probably dates from the end of the 

 18th cent. Presented by the late Alex. Mann, Esq. 



Ten silver reals of the reign of Charles V., with the types of 

 Ferdinand and Isabella. Presented by Horace Sandars, Esq., F.S.A. 



