DEPARTMENT OF COINS AND MEDALS. 



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In the following Table the new acquisitions are classified 

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



CLASS. 



Gold. 



Silver. Bronze. 



Billon. 



Lead. 



Ivory. 



TOTAL. 



Greek 



31 



16-1 



40 



43 



43 



1,708 



463 



11 

 6 



2,878 



- 



3 



1 

 8 



3 



61 



10 



648 



40 



76 



68 



4,961 



Englisli 



Mediaeval and Modem - 

 Oriental 



7 

 10 



308 



Total - ■ - 



356 



1,996 



3,347 



13 



61 



10 



6,783 



Remarkable Coins and Medals. 



Among the acquisitions of the past year the following are 

 worthy of special notice : — 



1. Oreeh Series : — 

 (a) Archaic Coins, B.C. 700—480. 

 Macedon. — An interesting silver coin of fine archaic style,, 

 weighing 29 grs. On the obverse is the bust and right arm of 

 a woman with long plaited hair, caressing with her hand the 

 head of a bull. This type probably represents Europa and 

 the bull. 



Euhoea (?). — A remarkable archaic drachm exhibiting an 

 entirely new type of a class of coins formerly supposed to be 

 the prse-Solonian currency of Athens, but now generally 

 assigned to Euboea. On the obverse is a stag, and on the 

 reverse an incuse square divided diagonally. 



Eretria in Euboea. — An archaic hemiobol. Obverse, Bull's 

 head facing, inscribed with the letter E (for Eretria) ; reverse, 

 Cuttle fish, inscribed with the same letter. Important as 

 proving that the bull's head is an Eretrian coin-type, a fact 

 which has been recently questioned by Sir Henry Howorth 

 (Num. Ghron. 1893, pp. 153 — 165). Presented by the late 

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



Asia Minor. — A selection from a " find " of extremely 

 archaic small silver coins, among which was a considerable 

 number of new and unpublished types. This hoard, which 

 dates from the earlier half of the sixth century B.C., consists 



0.97. F of 



