DEPARTMENT OF COINS AND MEDALS. 87 



victories in Asia. From the hoard found on the Aventine 

 Hill in 1894. 



Two finely-preserved aurei of L. Verus from the Aventine 

 hoard, one, with the reverse, Victory inscribing a shield, the 

 other commemorating the restoration of Soaemus to the 

 throne of Armenia in a.d. 164. 



An aureus of Sept. Severus ; reverse, Fides holding figure 

 of Victory and standard. 



An unpublished aureus of Gallienus commemorating the 

 celebration of the Decennalia. 



A half -aureus of Probus ; reverse, Mars Ultor. A denomi- 

 nation of the coins of Probus new to the Museum collection. 



A solidus of Diocletian, struck at Thessalonica, and a 

 similar coin of Maximianus Herculeus, both commemorating 

 the celebration at Rome of the Vicennalia on 20th November, 

 a.d. 303. 



32 bronze coins of Carausius, from a hoard lately discovered 

 near Croydon. Presented by Thomas Rif/hy, Esq. 



39 counterfeits of Republican and Imperial aurei, struck in 

 gold from the dies made early in the present century by 

 Becker, the skilful German forger of antique coins. Be- 

 queathed by the late Hyiiian Montagu, Esq., f.s.a. 



3. English Series : — 

 19 pennies of Aethelstan, Eadmund, &c., from a hoard dis- 

 covered at Douglas, Isle of Man. 



3 pennies of Aethelred II. (Lincoln and York), and Cnut 

 (Bath), and a penny of Harold I., struck at Lincoln, by the 

 moneyer Oslac. Presented by Sir John Evans, k.c.b. 



A penny of Harold I., struck in London, and bearing the 

 names of two moneyers (" Godric " and '•' Calic "), an unusual- 

 feature. 



A penny of Henry I., full-face type, struck at Ipswich. 



A penny of Stephen, struck at Warwick, a mint not pre- 

 viously represented in the Museum series of the coins of this 

 king. 



A groat of Henry VII. of the 2nd issue, struck in London, 

 and bearing the rare mint marks, greyhound's head and rose.. 

 Presented by L. A. Laiurence, Esq. 



35 groats of the 3rd, 4th, and 5th coinages of Henry VIII., 

 struck at the mints of London, Bristol, Canterbury, and 

 York, bearing mint marks valuable for determining the 

 chronological sequence of these coinages. 



A half-groat of Henry VIII., with bust to right and Latin, 

 instead of Lombardic, letters. 



0.97. F 4 151 silver 



