7G ACCOUNTS, ETC., OF THE BRITISH MUSEUM. 



Cyrene, and the winged figure has been identified by him as 

 one of the Boreades. (Num. Chron., 1891, p. 1 fF.) 



Cyrene. — A very remarkable and unpublished archaic 

 tetradrachm, circ. B.C. 500; obverse. Silphium plant; reverse, 

 Gorgon head. 



Cyrene. — A tetradrachm ; obverse, Head of beardless Zeus 

 Ammon ; reverse, Silphium, a coin of the Samian standard, 

 which supplanted the Eubo'ic at Cyrene about B.C. 431, when 

 the dynasty of the Battiadse gave place to a republic. 



2. Roman Series : — 



A medallion in bronze of the Emperor Commodus, with his 

 bust on the obverse, and on the reverse the Emperor seated on 

 a rock ; before him stands Castor beside his horse ; around 

 P.M.TR.P.XII.IMP.VIII.COS.V. 



A medallion in bronze of the Emperor Diocletian, with 

 reverse type, Jupiter seated holding fulmen and resting on 

 sceptre ; at his feet, eagle. 



An aureus of Hostilian with reverse type, Hostilian 

 standing holding a short stafi"and spear, and the inscription 

 PRINCIPI IVVENTVTIS. 



3. English Series : — - 



A groat and half -groat of the first coinage of Edward III. 

 Presented by L. A. Lcnvrence, Esq. 



The silver medal of the Imperial British East Africa 

 Company " for Distinguished Services." Presented by E. 

 Bentley, Esq, 



4. Mediaeval and Modern Series : — 



A bronze medal conferred by the Senate of Hamburg upon 

 the Brazilian Consul-General, the Vicomte de Paraguassee. 

 Presented by the Btirgomaster, Dr. Carl Petersen, Minister 

 for Foreign Affairs of the Free State of Hamburg. 



The medal of the Academia Romana, Bucharest, for 1891, 

 in bronze. Presented by the Academia. 



The 50th anniversary medal of the Foundation of the 

 Numismatic Society of Belgium, in silver. Presented by 

 H. Montagu, Esq., f.s.a. 



A gold medal awarded to the late John Sutherland, M.D,, 

 by the French Government for his services on the Interna- 

 tional Sanitary Conference of 1851-2, while acting as Delegate 

 for Her Majesty's Government. Bequeathed to the Trustees 

 of the British Museum by Dr. Sutherland. 



Ten silver and two copper coins of the Lusignan Kings of 

 Cyprus. Presented by Colonel Falkland Warren, c.m.g. 



Two 



