DEPARTMENT OF COINS AND MEDALS. 81 



Cyprus. A gold Kemiobol of tLe fourth, century B.C. witli tlie 

 types: Ohv. liorse's head. Rev. ram's head, a very rare piece 

 sometimes attributed to the Cyrenaica. 



Arabia. A very interesting hoard of copper coins, of which 

 no other examples are known, of very barbarous style and types 

 ultimately deadved from Athenian coins, obtained by the late 

 Sir Richard Burton in the land of Midian. Deposited on perma- 

 nent loan by the Camberivell Public Libraries Committee. 



Elymais. Fifty-nine coins of Orodes I., Phraates and Orodes 

 II. in unusually fine condition. Presented by Monsieur J . de 

 Morgan. 



Characene. Five tetradrachms of base silver with the reverse 

 type of the seated Heracles and the name of Attambelus, but 

 bearing dates which show that they must be attributed to an 

 earlier and hitherto unrecorded king- of that name. 



Barce. A very rare silver tetradrachm of the jiate fifth century 

 with the types: Obv. head of Zeus Ammon and the magistrate's 

 name PHAIN. Rev. Silphium. 



2. Roman and Byzantine Series. 



A rare as of L. Atratinus with rev. ANTONIVS IMP. 

 Prow, r. 



Three fine denarii of Augustus and a rare as of Vitellius, rev. 

 CERES AVG S.C. Presented by Sir Henry Howorth, K.C.I.E. 

 A rare denarius of Augustus with rev. M. DVRMIVS III 

 VIR. Man-faced bull crowned by Victory. 



A dupondius of Nero, perhaps unique, with rev. S.C. 

 Triumphal Arch. 



A series of rare denarii of Galba, Vitellius and the Civil 

 Wars. 



An aureus of Vitellius of the mint of Lugdunum, with rev. 

 VICTORIA AVGVSTI and two others of the mint of Tarraco 

 with rev. CONSENSVS EXERCITVVM and SECVRITAS 

 IMP. GERMAN. 



An aureus of Vespasian of unusual stvle, of th.e mint of 

 Tarraco, with rev. MARS VLTOR. 



A billon coin of Regalian, with rev. ORIENS AVG. Sol 

 standing 1. ; found at Carnuntum. Very rare and very fine for 

 the series. 



An interesting series of more than a hundred and fifty silver 

 and brass coins of the Empire, including many of the mint of 

 London. Bequeathed by the late F . W. Hasluck, Esq. 



A series of interesting bronze coins of the Byzantine Empire, 

 showing dates and mintmarks not represented in the Museum. 

 Presented by C. Davies Sherborn, Esq. 



3. British and Colonial Series, 

 (a) Coins. 



Two gold Ancient BritisTi coins of types, Evans A. 2. and 

 C 7. Presented by Sir Arthur Evans, F.R.S. 



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