8G ACCOUNTS, ETC., OP THE BRITISH MUSEUM. 



Arabia. — 74 silver coins of the Sabaeans or Himyarites, 

 imitated from the Athenian coinage of the 4th century B.C. 

 Neai-ly all these coins bear, in addition to the Athenian 

 types, numerous Himyaritic letters and combinations of 

 letters, quite legible but at present unexplained. (Of. Num. 

 Ghron. 1878, p. 275.) 



Parthia. — (i.) Two scarce and well-preserved tetradrachms 

 of Tiridates II., whose pretentions to the throne of 

 Phraates IV. are referred to by Dio and Justin and in the 

 Ode of Horace (I. 26), " Quid Tiridaten terreat, &c." These 

 specimens show on the reverse a Tyche of one of the Greek 

 cities in the Parthian empire kneeling before the King's 

 throne, (ii.) A bronze coin of Vologeses II. (circ. A.D. 78), 

 restruck on another Parthian coin, (iii.) A tetradrachm of 

 Vologeses III. or IV., rudely struck, but of some chronological 

 value as it bears the Parthian date 495, equivalent to A.D 

 183-4. (iv.) A bronze coin of Phraates IV. (b.c. 37-2) with 

 a goat on the reverse, a rare type. 



Naucratis in Egypt. — A very rare bronze coin from the 

 same dies as the specimen discovered by Prof. Petrie {Num. 

 Ghron. 1886, p. 10), but in better preservation and showing 

 that the head on the obverse is not, as it was thought, 

 feminine, but distinctly a portrait of Alexander the Great. 

 The coins must therefore have been issued at Naucratis 

 before Ptolemy assumed the title of king. 



Gyrene. — A drachm of the 5th century B.C., bearing the 

 name KYAS[oc], unknown on the coins of Gyrene of so early 

 a date. 



2. Roman Series : — 



548 Roman Republican denarii, victoriati, quinarii and 

 sestertii, consisting of rare varieties not previously repre- 

 sented in the Museum. 



A unique Roman As struck by Plautius Plancus in B.C. 45. 

 Presented hyW. G. Boyd, Esq. 



3. British and Colonial Series : — 



England.— Edward III. A Half-groat of his last coinage 

 (1369-77), one of the rarest silver coins of the reign, and 

 differing from the only other known specimen. 



England. — Henry IV. A very rare Groat of his light 

 coinage, struck at London from the same dies as a specimen 

 in the Montagu Collection. 



England. — Edward IV. A rare penny struck at York. 

 Presented hy L, A. Lawrence, Esq 



