12 ACCOUNTS, ETC., OF THE BRITISH MUSEUM. 



IV. — Remarkable Coins and Medals. 



The year has been remarkable both for the quality and for the 

 number of acquisitions. The bequest of the Dewick Collection, 

 consisting chiefly of mediaeval Continental coins ; the gifts by Sir 

 Arthur Evans of the collection of Early British and other Celtic 

 coins formed by his father. Sir John Evans ; and by Mr. T. H. B. 

 Graham of his collection of English silver and copper ; and above 

 all the purchase, with the help of a special grant of £10,000, and 

 of subscriptions from the National Art Collections Fund and a 

 number of private sources, of a selection of the most important 

 Greek coins from the Sir Hermann Weber Collection, are the chief 

 features in the year's record. 



1. Greek Series. 



The acquisitions from the Weber Collection by donation or 

 purchase are 34 gold or electrum, 204 silver and 37 bronze coins of 

 all parts of the Greek world, and of all periods from the seventh 

 century B.C. to the third century of our era. Some of the most 

 important among them are the following : — 



Catana and Gela in Sicily. Two rare fifth-century tetradrachms, 

 of unusual style. Presented hy W. H. Woodivard, Esq. 



Himera in Sicily. Silver tetradrachm of the second quarter of 

 the fifth century ; obv. Pelops in his car ; rev. the nymph Himera — a 

 remarkable study of the archaic draped female figure. Of this coin 

 only one other specimen is known, in the Prince of Waldeck's 

 collection. 



Silver didrachm of the same period. Obv. Horseman alighting. 

 Rev. Nymph Himera sacrificing, with the masculine inscription 

 Soter. Similar to the only other published specimen, which is at 

 Berlin. 



Mende in Thrace. A unique silver tetradrachm of the fifth 

 century ; type : the ass of Dionysus. 



TJiracian Chersonese (Gallipoli). Silver stater of about 500 B.C. 

 Obv. Lion with reverted head. Rev. Head of Athena. One of 

 the five recorded specimens of t\\(\ earliest issues of the Chersonese. 



Lycceins, King of Paeonia (about 359-340 B.C.). A rare silver 

 tetradrachm ; obv. male portrait (?) head ; rev. Heracles and the 

 lion. Presented by Dr. F. Parkes Weber. 



Edones of Macedonia. — Silver octodrachm of King Geta, about 

 500 B.C. Obv. Herdsman leading two oxen. Rev. The king's name. 

 The best preserved specimen extant of a very rare coin. 



Thebes. — Silver stater of the sixth century B.C. Type : Boeotian 

 shield. The only known specimen of the stater of this period. 



Thespiae in Boeotia. — A silver stater of the early fourth century ; 

 obv. Boeotian shield ; rev. head of Aphrodite, with a crescent in 

 front. Presented by Mrs. Ernest Schuster. 



Euboea. — Silver tetradrachm of the sixth century B.C. (some- 

 times attributed to Olynthus). Type : quadriga to front. The 



