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period, probably came to England through relations with 

 Charlemagne, whose intercourse and exchange of lavish gifts 

 with Haroun-al-Raschid must have introduced a very large 

 number of Arabic gold coins into circulation throughout the 

 European continent. To both numismatists and historians, 

 therefore, this unique gold coin of OfFa is, perhaps, the most 

 interesting piece in the whole English Series. 



Purchased with the help of Henry Van den Bergh, Esq., 

 Prof. W. H. Woodward, Mrs. Eustace Smith, Edward 

 P. Thompson, Esq., Horace Sandars, Esq., F.S.A., 

 Alfred A. de Pass, Esq., F. A. Walters, Esq., F.S.A. 



Some early English pennies from the E. K. Burstal Collec- 

 tion, including rare coins of Cnut struck at Ilchester, of 

 William II. at Soathwark, of Henry I. at London and 

 Sudbury. 



Some Anglo-Saxon pennies of the 10th and 11th centuries, 

 including one of Edward the Confessor struck at the rare mint 

 of Romney and another of the same reign showing the ninth 

 type (see P. W. P. Carlyon-Britton in Num. Chron. 1895, 

 pp. 179 ff.) overstruck on the seventh. 



An unpublished penny of the fifth type of William I. struck 

 at Warwick. Presented by A. H. Bcddiuin, Esq. 



A unique penny of Henry I. of the Ilchester mint ; another 

 of the same king's twelfth type {Hawkins, 264) struck at 

 Dorchester. 



A large selection of pennies of the second issue of Henry III., 

 from the Steppingley find. 



Twelve rare coins from the F. A. Walters collection, 

 including a York farthing of Edward I., four half -groats and 

 two pennies of London of the last issue of Edward III., a 

 unique half-groat of Henry IV. of the light coinage, a London 

 transitional groat of Henry IV.-V. and another from the same 

 obverse die with a mullet added on the king's breast, a London 

 farthing of Henry V., a halfpenny of the rose and sun issue 

 attributed to Edward V. 



Presented by Alexander Mann, Esq. 



Seven gold and five silver coins from the F. A. Walters 

 collection, including half-nobles of Edward III. (Calais), 

 Richard II., and Henry VI., nobles of Henry IV. and Henry V., 

 a half-sovereign (probably unique) of the first issue of Elizabeth, 

 groats of Edward I., Henry VI., and Henry VII. 



Presented by Henry Van den Bergh, Esq., through 

 the National Art-Collections Fund. 



A very rare half-angel of the first issue of Henry VII., from 

 the F. A, Walters collection. 



Presented by the National Art-Collections Fund. 

 Two rare gold coins, unpublished varieties of the angel and 

 half-angel of Henry VII. from the F. A. W.alters collection. 

 Presented by Miss Helen Farquhar. 



A groat of Henry VII. with Inverted Anchor mint-mark. 

 Presented by W. E. Hidden, Esq. 



