92 ACCOUNTS, ETC., OF THE BRITISH MUSEUM. 



Arabia JS^ahathcea. — An unpublished drachm of the first 

 century B.C., of one of the little known kings of Northern 

 Arabia, with portraits of a king and queen and an inscription 

 in the Nabathsean character. 



Parthia. — Orodes I., 57-37 B.C. An extremely rare tetra- 

 drachm. Obverse, Bust of the king ; Reverse, Orodes seated, 

 holding a figure of Nike. The coin bears date 273 of the 

 Seleucid era = 40-39 B.C. The date is important as fixing 

 the coin with certainty to the reign of Orodes, one of the 

 most conspicuous kings of the Arsacid dynasty, and famous 

 for his victory over Orassus. The portrait represents him in 

 advanced age. 



Parthia. — A fine tetradrachm of the Parthian king, Vola- 

 gases III., struck in the year 183-4 A.D. 



Sub-Parthian. — Three rare and unpublished coins of the 

 Sub-Parthian class, presumably struck in Persis by native 

 kings under the suzerainty of Parthia. 



2. Roman Series : — ■ 



Eight very fine Imperial large brass coins and two Medal- 

 lions from the well-known cabinet of the late Robt. Carfrae, 

 Esq. 



An aureus of Galba struck in Spain commemorating 

 Galba's administration of that province before his accession 

 to the Imperial Crown. 



An extremely rare gold vSolidus of the Emperors Michael 

 I. and Theophylactus, A.D. 811-813. 



3. British and Colonial Series : — 



A very rare ancient British gold coin of the chief or 

 king Commius, the father of Tincommius. Only two other 

 specimens of this coin have as yet been found, both of 

 which are in the cabinet of Sir John Evans. 



A stycaof Elfwald II., king of Northumbria, A.D. 806-808, 

 whose money has only recently been identified. 



Six pennies and four half-pennies of Alfred the Great, 

 struck at Lincoln and London, from a small hoard of 

 Treasure Trove from Stamford. 



Thirteen hundred silver pennies of the " short cross " type, 

 belonging to the reigns of Henry II., Richard I., John, and 

 Henry III., selected from the Treasure Trove of nearly 11,000 

 coins discovered at Colchester in 1902. Full details of this 

 important find are published in Num. Ghron. 1903, pp. 111-76. 



Twenty-seven rare Scottish coins from the Pollexfen 

 Collection, including some of David 11. (Berwick), Alexander 

 III. (Stirling), Robert III. (Aberdeen and Dumbarton), and 

 James I. -IV. (Inverness, Edinburgh, Stirling, &;c.). 



