DEPARTMENT OF COINS AND MEDALS. 93 



An unpublished bronze medal commemorating the defeat 

 of the French fleet off Cape Finisterre in 1747. 



A specimen in bronze of the gold " Ramsay Medal " 

 awarded to the most distinguished student in the " Honours 

 Humanity Class " in the University of Glasgow. 



Presented hy H. A. Grueber, Esq. 



A bronze portrait medal of William Hughan as a founder 

 of the Quatuor Coronati Lodge (No. 2076) of Freemasons. 

 Presented by William Hughan, Esq. 

 4 Mediaeval and Modern Series : — 

 (a) Coins : — 

 A very important series of 129 foreign sterlings of the 

 fourteenth century, imitations of the English silver penny, 

 representing the coinages of Flanders, Hainaut, Namur, 

 Brabant, Liege, Herstal, Loos, Luxemburg, Bar, Toul, 

 Cambrai, Ligny, Rethel, Porcien, the German Empire, Trier, 

 Cologne, Lippe, Schoneck, Heinsberg, Jlilich, Gelderland, etc. 

 These were collected by the late Mr. Samuel Smith, who 

 made a special study of the subject. 



Bequeathed by the late Samuel Smith, Esq. 

 (S8 modern silver coins of Saxony and Bavaria. 



Presented by J. R. McClean, Esq. 

 (6) Medals:— 

 A good specimen in lead of the medal by Pisanello of 

 John VIII. Palseologus, Emperor of Constantinople : obv. 

 Bust of the Emperor, Greek inscription ; rev. The 

 Emperor on horseback before a wayside cross ; behind him, 

 a mounted squire seen from behind. The artist's signature 

 in Greek and Latin. This medal was made probably at 

 Ferrara on the occasion of the Emperor's visit to Italy for 

 the Councils of Ferrara and Florence (1488-9). 



• Presented by Alfred de Pass, Esq. 

 A line silver-gilt medal by Antonio Abondio the Younger : 

 obv. Bust of Christ, wearing crown of thorns ; signed 

 AN.AB; rev. Christ standing with the instruments of the 

 Passion, supported by two putti, one of whom holds the 

 Cross. 



A bronze portrait-medal (not contemporary) of the painter 

 Francesco Primaticcio. 



Presented by Max Rosenheim, Esq., F.s.A. 

 A bronze medal of a Dutch Gild of Armourers : obv. St. 

 Eligius : rev. Armourer at work. Dutch inscription 

 signifying " He who receives this and does not return it 

 forfeits one pound of wax." Signed STE. H. showing it to 

 be by the medallist known as " Stephen of Holland, " who 

 worked from 1558-1572. 



Presented by Max Rosenheim, Esq., f.s.a. 

 Five silver badges of the Societe des Gueux : obv. EN 

 TOVT FIDELES AV ROY Bust of Philip II. of Spain; 



