DEPARTMENT OF COINS AND MEDAtS. S^' 



3. British and Colonial Series : 



A selection from the Balcombe (Sussex) Treasure Trove, 

 consisting of 8 gold and 271 silver coins of Edward III. and 

 Richard II. of England, and of Alexander III., David II., 

 and Robert II. of Scotland. 



Henry V. — An Anglo-Gallic gold Salute of great rarity. 

 Obverse, a representation of the Annunciation, with the 

 shield of France and England between the Angel Gabriel and 

 the Virgin. Reverse, a plain cross between the Fleur-de-lis 

 of France and the Lion of England. From the Richardson 

 Collection. 



Elizabeth. — A medal, unique in silver, of Queen Elizabeth, 

 struck in 1602. Reverse, Elizabeth as Minerva trampling on 

 a dragon and a snail. From the Montagu Collection. 



James I., Charles I., and Charles J/.— Thirteen silver 

 coins from the Crediton Treasure Trove. , 



Prince Rupert. — A silver portrait-medal by the Dutch 

 artist Deric van Riswick. The prince is represented nearly 

 full-face. From the Montagu Collection. 



Charles II. — An unpublished silver medal, probably struck 

 for the king towards the end of his reign, and intended 

 for presentation ; reverse, the Sun. From the Montagu 

 Collection. 



A portrait-medal in bronze of John Inglis, physician in 

 ordinary to William III. and Anne. Made in Italy in 1703. 

 From the Montagu Collection. 



A silver engraved medal with portaits of Eugene, Marl- 

 borough, Overkirk, and the Prince of Orange, commemorating 

 the victories of the Campaign of 1708 in the Low Countries. 

 From the Montagu Collection. 



4. Mediaeval and Modern Series : 



An eleventh century denier of the Bishopric of Lausanne. 



Thirty-eight Bracteates of Strasburg and Toul. Presented 

 by H. A. Grueher, Esq., f.s.a. 



A denier of Albert de Kuyck, Bishop-Elect of Liege. 

 A.D. 1194. 



A veiy rare gold coin struck at the Abbey of Thorn in the 

 Province of Limbourg, Belgium, by the Abbess Marguerite de 

 Brederode, A.D. 1531-1577. The coin is a close imitation of 

 the English angel of the time of Henry VIIL, but the reverse 

 legend is MONETA NOVA AVREA THORENSIS. Pre- 

 sented by the Rev. C. E. Hubba.rd. 



A silver medal of William V., Stadtholder of the United 

 Provinces of Holland, struck in 1752, when, at four years of 

 age, the child received the Order of the Garter from his 

 grandfather George II. of England. 



