96 ACCOUNTS, ETC., OF THE BRITISH MUSEUM. 



Asiatic Society ; the Asiatic Society of Bengal ; the Govern- 

 ment of Bengal ; the Government of the Panjab ; the Govern- 

 ment of the United Provinces of Agra and Oudh ; the Madras 

 Museum ; the Siamese Government ; the Pan-American 

 Mediteval Congress (Chile) ; the National Library of Kio 

 de Janeiro ; the Royal Geographical Society ; the Phene 

 Spiers Testimonial Fund ; W. C. F. Anderson, Esq. ; Col. J. 

 Biddulph ; the Honourable R. N. Bland, Resident Councillor, 

 Malacca; Miss Bode; W. C. Boyd, Esq. ; Alexander Caldwell, 

 Esq. ; Col. Sir Neville Chamberlain, k.c.b. ; C. Delaval 

 Cobham, Esq. ; G. T. Cooke, Esq. ; Evelyn Grant Duff, Esq. ; 

 Sir John Evans, k.c.b., f.r.s. ; Prof. Percy Gardner, Litt.D. ; 

 Commendatore Francesco Gnecchi ; W. A. Graham, Esq. ; 

 H. A. Grueber, Esq., f.s.a. ; F. A. Harrison, Esq. ; F. W. 

 Hasluck, Esq. ; Sir H. H. Howorth, k.c.i.e., f.r.s.; Capt. J. de 

 M. Hutchinson, r.n. ; G. Macdonald, Esq., ll.d. ; C. E. G. 

 Mackerell, Esq. (Bequest) ; E. W. G. Masterman, Esq. ; L. D. 

 Montague, Esq. ; H. Allan Morgan, Esq. ; H. W. Norris, Esq. ; 

 Rev. C. S. Painter ; M. E. Pariset ; Capt. D. G. Peart ; Herr 

 Bernhard Perrot ; J. H. Pinches, Esq. ; G. M. H. Playfair, Esq., 

 H.B.M. Consul, Foochow ; Prof. Harvey Porter ; C. H. Read, 

 Esq., F.S.A. ; Mrs. C. M. Reid ; Major M. B. Roberts; Max 

 Rosenheim, Esq., F.S.A. ; T. J. Salwey, Esq., J. P. ; Horace 

 Sandars, Esq., F.S.A. ; E. J. Seltman, Esq. ; Capt. Eric H. 

 Sharman ; Col. C. G. Shepherd; Cecil Smith, Esq., ll.d.; 

 Samuel Smith, Esq. ; Messrs. Spink and Son ; Rev. L. Harding 

 Squire ; C. Thomas-Stanford, Esq., F.S.A. ; Rev. Dr. Anton 

 Tien; Alan J. B. Wace, Esq.; Percy H. Webb, Esq.; Sir 

 Hermann Weber, m.d. 



Remarkable Coins and Medals. 

 1. Greek Series : — 

 Among the 439 Greek coins added to the National 

 Collection during the year 1905, the following are the most 

 important : — 



{a.) Europe: — 

 Italy. — A silver coin of the city of Croton (wt. 18 grs.). 

 Obv. Tripod : rev. Thunderbolt between star and eagle on 

 column. 



A large bronze coin of Ca])ua. Obv. Head of Zeus; rev. 

 Eagle on thunderbolt. 



Sicily. — Three coins of Agrigentum, including an archaic 

 didrachm, with the shell of the crab on the reverse treated so 

 as to suggest a grotesque face (c/. Imhoof-Blumer, " Choix," 

 PI. viii., 263), also a rare didrachm of the same city of the 

 period of finest art. 



A very rare bronze litra, struck probably at Herbessus 

 about the time of Timoleon's League (345 B.C.). Obv. Head of 

 Sikelia ; rev. Fore-part of a human-headed ball. 



