DEPAKTMENT OF COINS AND MEDALS, 95 



triumphal quadriga, holding a laurel branch and sceptre. Wt. 

 96 grs. Struck at Antioch a.d. 281, commemorating the 

 Emperor's triumph of the preceding year. 



Another aureus of thesame Emperor, with rev. SECVRITAS 

 SAEC VLI, but without mint mark. Wt. 82 • 6 grs. 



o. British and Colonial Series : — 



(a) Coins and Tokens : — 



A Sceat with inscription EPA iii runic letters. 

 A penny of Offa of Mercia with moneyer's name (Eotred) 

 in Runic characters. 



Anglo-Saxon pennies of Offa (unpublished type) and 

 Burgred of Mercia, Aethelstan of East Anglia, Aethelstan of 

 Wessex, Eadred, Edward the Martyr, Aethelred II. and Edward 

 the Confessor. 



A selection of pennies of William I. and William II. of 

 various types and mints. 



A penny of William II. of the Southwark mint. 



Presented by H. Symonds, Esq. 



Pennies of Henry I., of which some represent the so-called 

 Canterbury Find and others, through the Rashleigh Collection, 

 the Watford Find. 



A Lincoln penny of Stephen's reign reading PER ERIC 

 in place of the king's name, an issue recently attributed to 

 the Empress Matilda. 



A very fine specimen of the rare coinage of Stephen's reign, 

 showing two full-length figures (perhaps Stephen and his 

 Queen Matilda) standing, one on each side of a long sceptre. 



Two nobles of Henry IV. from the same obverse die, one 

 belonging to the heavy, the other to the light coinage of 

 this reign. 



A rare penny of Henry V. supposed to be struck from dies 

 of Henry IV. altered, by the addition of a mullet beside the 

 crown, for the coinage of Henry V. 



A large series of London tokens of the XVII. century, 

 including many rare pieces. 



Presented hy the Library Coinmittee of the 

 City of London. 



(b) Medals:— 



A pewter specimen of the medal of Charles II. with radiate 

 sun on reverse, figured in Medallic Illustrations, pi. LXIL, 3. 

 It was previously unknown in this metal. 



Presented by P. W. P. Carlyon- 

 Britton, Esq., J. P. 



A silver specimen of the medal commemorating the Capture 

 of Quebec in 1759 {Med. Ill, pi. CLXXX., 8), bearing on the 

 edge the inscription " WILLIAM PITT ADMINISTRING." 

 This seems to be the actual specimen presented by Thomas 

 Hollis to Pitt. 



