88 ACCOUNTS, ETC., OF THE BRITISH MUSEUM. 



A memorial medal in silver of Cornelius van den Brande, 

 Governor of Flanders and an English Baronet (ob. 1746). 



Two Dutch silver medals commemorating the death of 

 Martin Tromp in the engagement between the English and 

 Dutch fleets on August 10th, 1653. From the Montagu 

 Collection. 



5. Oriental Series : 



Six specimens in some alloy of bronze of a coinage, hitherto 

 unknown, bearing the inscription Visama-siddhi, which is 

 known from other sources to have been the title of 

 Visnuvardhana, a king of the Eastern Calukya dynasty of 

 Southern India (a.d. 663-672). From the Government 

 Museum, Madras. 



Ten coins of Baroda. 



Fifty coins, mostly new and unpublished varieties of the 

 coinage of the SeljQks, Ortukis, AyyubTs, Mongols of Persia, 

 and other Muhammadan dynasties. Presented hy H. F. 

 Amedroz, Esq. 



Two extremely rare Dirhems struck at Acre by the 

 Crusaders in A.D. 1251, bearing formulae of the Christian 

 Faith in Arabic characters. Presented by H. A. Grueber, 

 Esq., F.s.A. 



U A gold coin of Yijayabahu, king of Ceylon, A.D. 1186-7, 

 the only specimen in gold known of the coinage of this 

 monarch. 



y. — Students and Visitors. 



The number of students and visitors to the Department 

 of Coins and Medals during the year 1897 was 2,934. 



Barclay V. Head. 



