86 ACCOUNTS, ETC., OF THE BRITISH MUSEUM. 



Bactria (b.c. 250) ; obverse, Head of Hermes ; reverse, 

 BASIAEQS AIOAOTOY, Athena standing. 



2. Roman Series : — 



Two copper denarii of Carausius, with reverse types, 

 Laetitia and Pax standing, and two others of same types 

 of Allectus ; from a hoard recently found near Amiens. 



Presented by John Evans, Esq., p.s.a. 



3. English Series : — 



A series of fifty-four Anglo-Saxon and Hiberno-Danish 

 silver pennies of Aethelred II. Cnut, and Sihtric II, being 

 duplicates of the Royal Collection at Stockholm. This series 

 supplied the names of several mints and moneyers not 

 represented in the National Collection. 



A silver penny of the 9th century, A.D., struck by one of 

 the Archbishops of Canterbury. It bears on the obverse the 

 head of the archbishop and the name of the moneyer under 

 whose direction the coin was issued ; and on the reverse, the 

 name of the mint, DOROBERNIA. 



A silver badge of an insurance company, with figure of 

 Britannia seated. It bears no date, but is hall-marked for 

 1792. Presented by A. W. Franks, Esq., C.B. 



Five bronze medals awarded by the Science and Art 

 Department for success in Art, dated 1852, 185G, and 1857. 

 Presented by the Departonent of Science and Art. 



The Stanley Medal, in bronze. Presented by the Royal 

 Geograjohical Society. 



A specimen of a bronze medal presented to the late Charles 

 Roach Smith, f.s.a., in recognition of his life-long services to 

 archaeology, 1890. Presented, by John Evans, Esq., p.s.a. 



A silver medal, with the portrait of the late William Blaydes, 

 the biographer of Caxton. Presented by Mrs. William 

 Blaydes. 



A bronze medal, commemorating the 700th anniversary of 

 the mayoralty of the City of London. Presented by the 

 Corporation of the City of London. 



4. Medioival and Modern Series ;— 



Four silver deniers of Borileoi II of Bohemia (a.d. 1118- 

 1120), and six others of Wladislaus I (1120-1125). Presented 

 by Herr Eduard Fiala of Prague. 



A half-dobra in gold of Don Miguel I of Portugal. Pre- 

 sented by Lieut. Col. J. 0. Sandeman. 



Portrait medals, in silver, of John Frederick Duke of 

 Saxony, dated 1551; of Rudolph II Emperor, dated 1576; 

 of Ferdinand, Cardinal Archbishop of Toledo, Infanta of 

 Spain, 1609-1641, by the Dutch artist Waterlooz ; of Georg 

 Basta, general, commemorating his defeat of the Turks in 

 '• Dacia" in 1605; of Abraham Katzenbockt of Katzen, dated 



1592; 



