92 ACCOUNTS, ETC., OF THE BRITISH MUSEUM. 



Of the above, 2,929 have been presented, viz., 206 of gold, 

 1.564 of silver, 1,130 of bronze, and 29 of other metals. 



The following is a list of benefactors to the Department 

 of Coins and Medals during the past year : — 



His Majesty Victor Emmanuel III., King of Italy ; Vice- 

 Admiral H.S.H. Prince Louis of Battenberg, G.C.B., G.c.v.o. ; 

 the Deputy Master of the Eoyal Mint ; the Library Committee 

 of the Corporation of the City of London ; La Societc Hongroise 

 des Beaux-Arts, Budapest ; El TJniversidad de los Andes, 

 Merida, Venezuela : the Bombay Branch of the Koyal Asiatic 

 Society ; the Committee of Management of the United Provinces 

 Exhibition Association of India ; the Department of Agri- 

 culture, Centra] Provinces, India ; the Government of Eastern 

 Bengal and Assam; the Government of Madras, India; the 

 Government of the United Provinces of India; John Allan, 

 Esq. ; H. F. Amedroz, Esq. ; W. P. Appleford, Esq. ; A. Archi- 

 bald, Esq. ; Warren D. Barnes, Esq. ; G. M. Beloe, Esq. ; Henry 

 Van den Bergh, Esq. ; Frank Bowcher, Esq. ; the Rev. C. J. 

 Bowden ; Harry L. Churchill, Esq. ; A. Close, Esq. ; D. Pi,. 

 Coates, Esq. ; Ashley W. Cole, Esq. ; R. Dalton, Esq. ; Captain 

 W. Dawkes ; Mrs. Emma Esther Deacon ; Edward S. Dodgson, 

 Esq. ; W. B. Doubleday, Esq. ; Evelyn Grant DufF, Esq., c.B. ; 

 Miss Helen Farquhar ; H. Pirie Gordon, Esq. ; Herbert A. 

 Grueber, Esq., f.s.a. ; H. R. Hall, Esq., f.s.a. ; W. R. Halliday, 

 Esq. ; S. H. Hamer, Esq. ; Frederick D. Harford, Esq., c.v.o. ; 

 F. W. Ilasluck, Esq. ; G. F. Hill, Esq. ; W. Murton Holmes, Esq. ; 

 Sir Henry H. Howorth, K.c.i.E. ; L. P. Johnston, Esq. ; H. 

 Festing Jones, Esq.; Herbert Jones, Esq., f.s.a.; Alfred 

 Lawson, Esq. ; Mrs. Mackenzie ; F. F. Madan, Esq. ; F. H. 

 Marshall, Esq. ; J. Mavrogordato, Esq. ; J. Grafton Milne, Esq. ; 

 JI. Alexander Parsons, Esq. ; John H. Pinches, Esq. ; W. Talbot 

 Ready, Esq. ; Dr. P. Rizzini, Director of the Museo Civico, 

 Brescia ; the Rev. Edgar Rogers : Maurice Rosenheim, Esq. ; 

 the late Max Rosenheim, Esq., f.s.a. ; Horace Sandars, Esq., 

 f.s.a. ; Arthur Hamilton Smith, Esq. ; Theodore Spicer-Simson, 

 Esq. ; Comm. E. Steinmann ; Henry Symonds, Esq., f.s.a. ; W. H. 

 Valentine, Esq. ; C. D. Wilkinson, Esq. ; Lieut. A. T. Wilson ; 

 Rowland Wood, Esq. ; P. Wood, Esq., c.B. ; and A. H. S. 

 Yeames, Esq. 



IV. — Remarkable Coins and Medals. 

 1. Greek Series : — 

 (a) Europe : — 



Italy. — Lucania — Velia. — A fine specimen of the silver 

 drachm of the earliest period ; ohv. Forepart of lion devouring 

 prey; rev. Incuse square. Wt. 59*6 grs. 



Sarmatia. — Olbia.— Two specimens of abase silver didrachm 

 of the early third century B.C. ; ohv. Head of Athene ; counter- 

 mark, branch; rev. OABIOFIOA. Lance and buckler; on the 

 r., a monogram. Wt. 94 -S and 86*9 grs. The same types 



