94 ACCOUNTS, ETC., OF THE BRITISH MUSEUM. 



Three pennies of Aethelred II, (A.D. 976-1016) struck 

 respectively at Barnstaple, Leicester, and Harwich. 



A penny of Henry I, (a.d. 1100-1135) struck at Stamford. 

 Reverse, Tressure of four sides " fleured " and enclosing a 

 star; four trefoils in the field. Around ASCHETIL [ONI 

 STANFO- From the Montagu Collection, 



A gold noble of Henry YI, (a.d. 1422-1461) of his first, or 

 annulet, issue. The half and quarter nobles of this issue are 

 known, but this is the first specimen of the noble which haa 

 been met with. It is interesting as contributing to show 

 that the annulet coinage, which had begun under Henry V, 

 was continued into the reign of his successor. 



An unpublished Rose-noble of Edward IV, (a.d. 1461-83) 

 with mint mark star on obverse and crown on reverse. 



Four groats of Richard III, (A.D. 1483-1485) struck for 

 Ireland, of the "Full-face'* and "Three Crowns" types. 

 From the Montagu Collection. 



A half-sovereign of James I, (A.D. 1605-25) with mint 

 mark, crescent. From the Montagu Collection. 



A silver medal commemorating the marriage of William IV, 

 Prince of Orange, with the Princess Anne, daughter of 

 George I. From the Montagu Collection. 



4>. Mediaeval and Modern Series : — 



A bronze medal of Jacopo Antonio Palavicino (?) by the 

 Italian artist P. P. Romano a.d. 1540-1580, Obverse, Bust of 

 Palavicino (?) ; reverse, Pegasus trampling upon Discord, with 

 a view of a city in the background. A fine and unpublished 

 example of Romano's work. 



5. Oriental Series : — 



Two silver coins of flat Sassanian fabric bearing the name 

 of Napki Malka, and belonging either to the Huna dynasty 

 or to some Persian dynasty ruling in the N. of the Panjab in 

 the 6th century A.D. 



A gold coin of Skanda-gupta, a.d. 452-480, of the heavy 

 standard (suvarna) with a more perfect inscription than any 

 other known. 



Two gold coins struck by Prithivideva of Mahakosala. 



Five rupees of the Moghul Emperor Jahangir, one of Shah 

 Jahan, and five of Muhammad Shah, all of mints or dates not 

 previously represented in the collection. 



Three Persian coins of Tahmasp I, Muhammad Khudabanda, 

 and Aka Muhammad Khan. 



Five gold coins of AchT. 



A gold Rama-tanka, the largest known specimen weighing; 

 1,449 grs. These pieces are issued as votive offerings in 



