"78 ACCOUNTS, ETC., OF THE BRITISH MUSEUM. 



Laffranclii; H. A. Latliam, Esq.; L. A., Lawrence, Esq., E.S.A. ; 

 M. H. Lee, Esq. ; W. H. Lee- Warner, Esq. ; Dr. Eitter A. von 

 Loehr; G. D. Luinb, Esq.; Lt.-Col. G. B. Croft Lyons, F.S.A. ; 

 Mrs. Macdonald; Harold Mattingly, Esq.; Rev. F. L. Powys 

 Maurice; J". Mavrog-ordato, Esq.; E. G. Millar, Esq.; J. Grafton 

 Milne, Esq. ; Meissrs. Samuel Montagu & Co., ; L. A. D. Montague, 

 Esq.; Mons. J. de Morgan; Prof. R. Newstead, F.R.S. ; Heatley 

 Noble, Esq.; H. E. Okeover, Esq.; Henry Oppenheimer, Esq., 

 F.S.A.; Charles L. Pack, Esq.; Conte Nicolo Papadopoli-Aldo- 

 brandini; Henry E. Parkes, Esq.; R. E. W. Partridge, Esq.; 

 W. W. Pearson, Esq.; Prof. Dr. Bekrendt Pick; Erne.st Rich- 

 mond, Esq.; C. A. Robertson,' Esq. ; Commander A. P. Robin- 

 son; E. S. G. Robinson, Esq. ; Maurice Rosenheim, Esq., F.S.A. ; 

 J. Sanford Saltus, Esq.; Signor A. Segre ; C. T. Seltman, Esq.; 

 E. H. Shine, Esq. ; C. Davies Sherborn, Esq. ; Master T. C. 

 Skeat; T. R. Skinner, Esq.; Messrs. Spink & Son; Robert Sut- 

 cliffe, Esq.; Rev. E. A. Sydenham; Sir Percy M. Sykes, 

 K.C.I.E., C.M.G. ; Col. the Hon. Milo G. Talbot, C.B. ; E. Tim- 

 perley, Esq. ; Alderman W. Vernon, Esq., J. P. ; Gordon Ward, 

 Esq., M.D.; W. C. West, Esq.; Howland Wood, Esq.; C. L. 

 Woolley, Esq. ; Aiidrew W. Young, Esq. ; Dr. W. Young, CLE. 



lY. — Remarkable Coins and Medals. 



The year has been marked by a very large number of 

 accessions, and by some important gifts. Amongst these special 

 attention must be called to the gift of a notable series of fin© 

 gold English coins by the Goldsmiths' Company; the bequests 

 by Mr. Earle Fox of his very useful collection of Greek coins 

 and by Mr. Hasluck of a selection from his remarkable collection 

 made in the Levant ; the gift of the Crown of the Rose of Henry 

 YIII by Mr. Sanford Saltus; and the gift by Mr. Frampton of 

 his collection of Kentish Tokens. 



Among the purchases the first place is taken by the silver 

 " Marathon " decadrachm of Athens described below. 



1. Greek Series. 



Further acquisitions have been made by purchase or donation 

 during the year from the collection of the late Sir Hermann 

 Weber. Among the most important are the following: — 



Cumw. A silver Campanian didrachm of the early fifth 

 century B.C. Ohv. Lion scalp between two boars' heads. Rev. 

 shell. 



Hyria. A silver Campanian didrachm of 400 B.C. Ohv. 

 Head of Pallas. Rev. man-headed bull and, in addition to the 

 ethnic, the letters ASKH between its legs. 



Thurium,. A silver Italic didrachm of the fourth century 

 B.C. Ohv. head of Pallas. Rev. bull butting with the letters 

 THE above and two fishes in the exergue. Presented hy Sir 

 Arthur Evans, F.R.S. 



Two other similar didrachms with a torch and TI, and a 

 dolphin and PHI, respectively, as reverse symbols and letters. 



