90 ACCOUNTS, ETC., OF THE BRITISH MUSEUM. 



The following is a list of the benefactors to the Depart- 

 ment of Coins during the past year : — ■ 



H.R.H. The Prince of Wales ; the Bombay Branch of the 

 Royal Asiatic Society ; the Government of Bengal, India ; 

 the Government of Bombay ; the Government of the Central 

 Provinces, India ; the Government of the United Provinces 

 of Agra and Gudh ; the Government of Eastern Bengal and 

 Assam ; the Government of the Panjab ; the Council of the 

 Linnean Society ; the Montreal Numismatic Society ; the 

 New York Jewish Anniversary Celebration Committee ; the 

 Society of Antiquaries of Scotland ; the Director of Customs, 

 Shanghai ; the Trustees of the Wallace Collection ; J. S. 

 Agnew, Esq. ; Rupert C. Alabaster, Esq. ; H. F. Amedroz, 

 Esq. ; Dr. W. C. R. Barnes ; Prof. Julius Beltowski ; William 

 Bird, Esq. ; the Rev. J. Harvey Bloom : Lady Bolton ; the 

 late W. C. Boyd, Esq. ; C. S. Browne, Esq. ; Sig. A. Canta- 

 cuzino; William Carruthers, Esq., f.r.s. ; J. S. Cotton, Esq. ; 

 W. B. Denny, Esq. ; the Rev. Arthur Dixon ; Mrs. H. M. 

 Eliott ; R. W. Ellis, Esq. ; Sir John Evans, K.C.B., f.r.s. ; 

 L. Forrer, Esq. ; Evelyn Grant DufF, Esq. ; Major Stuart 

 H. Godfrey ; Odon Gohl, Esq. ; Lord Grantley, F.S.A. ; Henry 

 Grogan, Esq. ; F. W. Hasluck, Esq. ; Miss Alice Head ; the 

 Rev. A. C. Headlam, d.d. ; G. F. Hill, Esq.; Sir Henry 

 H. Howorth, k.c.i.e., f.r.s. ; R. A. Inglis, Esq. ; Mrs. JefFcock ; 

 H. Neville S. Langton, Esq. ; A. J. Lawson, Esq. ; J. Bruce 

 Leask, Esq. ; Miss H. L. Lorimer ; Angus Maclntyre, Esq. ; 

 M. Pierre Mavrogordato ; J. R. McClean, Esq. ; M. Julius 

 Meili ; Prof. C. Oman ; A. H. Parker, Esq. ; Sir Augustus 

 Prevost, Bart. ; H. L. Rabino, Esq. ; H. A. Ramsden, Esq. ; 

 C. T. Reed, Esq. ; J. T. T. Reed, Esq. ; Max Rosenheim, Esq., 

 F.S.A. ; H. Sandars, Esq., F.s.A. ; Lieut.-Col. J. G. Sandeman, 

 M.v.o. ; W. W. Simpson, Esq.; Messrs. Spink and Son; 

 Beville Stanier, Esq. ; Alan J. B. Wace, Esq.; H. B. Walters, 

 Esq. ; R. E. Way, Esq. ; Frederick Parkes Weber, Esq., M.D., 

 F.S.A. ; W. H. Whittingham, Esq. ; J. W. Willis-Bund, Esq., 

 F.S.A. ; W. Wroth, Esq. ; Col. the Hon. C. E. Yate. 



Remarkable Coins and Medals. 



Among the coins and medals which have been added to 

 the National Collection during the year 1906, the following 

 are the more important : — 



1. Greek Series : — 



(a.) Europe: — 



Sicily. — A silver coin (wt. 18 grains) of the 5th cent. B.C. 

 with the obverse type, astragalus and legend KA and with 

 the reverse type, dolphin and legend FIM- This extremely 

 rare coin is attributed by Garrucci (Monn. Ital. Ant.^^. 154) 

 to a joint-issue between the cities of Casarium in Bruttium 

 and Himera in Sicily. 



