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ACCOUNTS, ETC., OF THE BRITISH MUSEUM. 



A silver Ancient British coin (Evans Q-. 2) and a bronze coin 

 (Evans H. 8) found at Great Chesterford. Presented hy E. H. 

 Slime, Esq. 



An unpublished penny of Offa and a very rare penny of Coen- 

 wulf. 



A new variety of the penny of Wulfred, Archbishop of Canter- 

 bury, 805-832 A.D. 



Fifty-eight Anglo-Saxon pennies of Eadgar, Eadweard II. 

 and Aethelred II,, found at Chester, including coins of mints and 

 moneyers unrepresented in the Museum. Presertted hy Prof. R. 

 Newstead, F.R.S. 



Eight Anglo-Saxon coins of Eadgar, Eadweard II and 

 Aethelred II. from the Chester find. Presented hy Alderman W . 

 Vernon, Esq., J .P . 



Seventeen Anglo-Saxon pennies of Eadgar, Eadweard II. and 

 Aethelred II, from the Chester find. 



Five English pennies of Cnut and Siefried from the Cuerdale 

 hoard. Presented hy His Majesty the King. 



Two pennies of Stephen from a find made in 1881 in Park 

 Place, one of the Oxford mint and the other perhaps of 

 EochesteT, Presented hy Heattey Nohle, Esq. 



A long cross penny of Henry III, of the moneyer Nichol of 

 Canterbury, Presented hy L. A. Lawrence, Esq., F.S.A. 



A very rare variety of the half noble, a rare variety of the 

 groat, and a new variety of the London half groat of Edward III. 

 A very rare penny of London mint of Henry IV. 

 A very rare halfpenny of Edward IV, of Dublin. 

 A fine selection of 230 English gold coins from the Carlyon- 

 Eritton Collection, remarkable alike for condition and rarity. 

 The period covered is from Edward III, to the Commonwealth 

 and many gaps are filled in the Museum series. Among the more 

 notable coins are a fine series of 13 nobles of Eichard II,, an 

 exceptionally rare noble of Henry II., a rare spur-ryal of James 

 I. and some very fine and rare Anglo-Gallic coins of the Black 

 Prince. Presented hy the Goldsmiths' Com'pany. 



The second known specimen of the *' Crown of the Eose " of 

 Henry VIII., one of thei rarest and most valuable of English 

 coins. It was ordered to be issued on 22nd August, 1526, and 

 was current for barely two months, after which it was replaced 

 by the crown of the double rose, current at 5s. ; the value 4s, 6d, 

 of the crown of the rose had been found inconvenient as it was 

 not an aliquot part of the pound. Presented hy J. Sanford 

 Saltus, Esq. 



A collection of English coins in gold, silver and copper, from 

 the earliest times to the nineteenth century. Bequeathed hy the 

 late F. W. Hasluck, Esq. 



A collection of 12 gold, 45 silver, 602 brass or copper coins, 

 and 4 lead English coins, including a collection, almost complete, 

 of the XVIIth and XVIIIth century tokens of the County of 

 Kent, the latter to be kept separate and known as the Frampton 

 Collection of Kent Tokens. Presented hy the R&v. T. S. 



Frampton, M.A., B.C.L., F.S.A. 



