74 ACCOUNTS, ETC., OF THE BRITISH MUSEUM. 



2. Roman and Byzantine Series. 



An unpublished denarius of the period of the Civil Wars, a.d. 

 m : ohv. BONI EVENTVS Bust r. ; rev. VIRTVS Virtus 

 standing 1. 



A rare denarius of Vitellius with rev. L VITELLIVS COS 

 III CENSOR. Vitellius the Elder seated I. 



A sestertius of Marcus Aurelius, of exceptional size and weight 

 and fine style ; rev. CONCORD AVGVSTOR TR P XVI COS 

 III S (J Marcus Aurelius and L. Verus clasping hands. 



An unpublished aureus of Septimius Severus with rev. LEG 

 VIII AVG TRP COS ; Eagle between Standards. (Hitherto the 

 onl}^ legion certainly known to be represented in gold was the LEG 

 Xlill MARTIALIS VICTRIX.) 



A rare denarius of Septimius Severus with rev. VOTA 

 SVSCEPTA XX Septimius and Caracalla sacrificing at an altar : 

 behind them a flute-player. 



A rare solidus of Theodosius II with rev. FELICITER 

 NVBTIIS Marriage group, commemorating the marriage of Val- 

 entinian III and Eudoxia. 



A fine solidus of the Empress Galla Placidia, of the Mint of 

 Ravenna ; rev. SALVS REIPVBLICAE. Victory seated r. 

 Presented hy the late Rev. E. S. Bewick 



3. British ami Colonial Series. 



The collection of early British and other Celtic coins, formed by 

 Sir John Evans has long been famous. It was offered to the nation 

 by his son. Sir Arthur Evans, without conditions, but with the 

 suggestion that any duplicates not required should be handed over 

 to the Ashmolenn Museum, and any still remaining duplicates 

 exchanged for other coins required by the British Museum. The 

 coins which have accordingly been retained by the Museum are 

 1453 in number (468 gold, 571 silver and 414 bronze). Some idea 

 of the extent to which the Museum Collection has been enriched 

 may be gathered from the fact that the series of Cunobelinus 

 (Cymbeline) has been increased from 20 gold, 12 silver and 28 

 bronze to 50 gold, 24 silver and 91 bronze. The scientific value of 

 the collection consists not merely in the rarities in which it abounds, 

 but in the care with which the provenance of the coins (often the 

 only guide to their attribution) has been recorded. 



The British series of a later date, from the Commonwealth 

 onwards, has also been greatly improved, both in quality and 

 quantity, by Mr. T. H. B. Graham's gift of his collection of English 

 silver, copper, bronze and tin (1,462 in number). The collection is 

 nearly complete for these metals, and, when combined with the 

 main collection, will leave very few gaps to be filled. 



4. Mediceval and Modern Series. 



Fine specimens of the chaise d'or of Philip VI. and the mouton 

 d'or of Jean I. of France ; the fourteenth century sequin of the 

 Roman Senate ; the Annunciation ducat of Charles II. d'Anjou as 



