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ACCOUNTS, ETC., OF THE BRITISH MUSEUM. 



2. Guide to the Coins of the Ancients. By B. V. Head. 

 A fourth edition has been printed and issued. 



IV. — Acquisitions, 1895. 

 The total number of coins and medals added to the 

 National Collection during the year is 1,278, viz. : 146 of 

 gold, 513 of silver, 609 of bronze, and 10 of other metals. 



Of these, 253 have been presented or bequeathed, viz., 54 

 of gold, 51 of silver, and 148 of bronze and other metals. 



The donations are chiefly due to the generosity of H. F. 

 Amedroz, Esq., the Rev. Canon Carey Borrer, S. Butler, Esq., 

 J. Fenn Clark, Esq., Ernest Clarke, Esq., Major.-Gen. M. G. 

 Clerk, R. Stewart Clough, Esq., E. A. Elliot, Esq., Sir John 

 Evans, k.c.b.. Sir A Wollaston Franks, K C.B., E. A. Gait- 

 Esq., J. Gordon, Esq., Lord Grantley, F.S.A., H. Hulbert, Esq., 

 Sir John Kirk, G.c.M.G., Senor Pablo Landerer, L. A. Lawrence, 

 Esq., A. J. Lawson, Esq., Rev. T. R. Maynard, the late 

 H. Montagu, Esq., W. R. Paton, Esq., Prof. Flinders Petrie, 

 T. Rigby, Esq., Capt. Sandwith, S. Shapland, Esq., Lord 

 Walsingham, ll.d., f.r.s., H. Weber, Esq., M.D., Dr. C. G. 

 Weld, C. E. Williams, Esq., the Asiatic Societies of Bengal 

 and of Bombay, and the High Senate of Hamburg. 



In the following Table the acquisitions are classified 

 according to the five principal series to which they belong : — 



CLASS. 



Gold. 1 Silver. 



1 



Bronze. 



Billon. 



Lead. 



Total. 



Greek 



Roman 



British, Colonial, &c. - - - 

 Medieval and Modern ■ 

 Oriental 



20 

 47 

 3 

 56 

 20 



178 



248 

 22 

 65 



479 

 34 

 15 

 5 



76 



1 



2 



7 



677 

 81 



267 

 85 



168 



Total - - - 



146 



513 



609 



1 



' 



1,278 



Remarkable Coins and Medals. 



Among the acquisitions of the year the following are 

 worthy of special notice : — 



1. Greek Series : — 

 (a) Archaic Coins, B.C. 700—480. 

 Olynthus {?) in Macedon. — An archaic tetrobol. Obverse, 

 Naked horseman riding to the front. Of this type only one 



other 



