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From H.M. Commissioners of Works : a hoard of 878 late Romano- 

 British coins from Richborough, and a unique penny of Egbert, King of 

 Wessex. 



From Mr. J. B. Caldecott : 109 lead tokens of the fourteenth to 

 sixteenth centuries. 



From Mr. Hugh Wilson : the Burton Medal awarded to Sir A. T. 

 Wilson. 



From the Canning Memorial Committee, Buenos Aires : the Canning 

 Memorial Medal. 



From the Esthonian Minister for Economic Affairs : a complete set 

 of the currency of Esthonia, both coin and paper money. 



From Dr. C. Davies Sherborn : a very rare drachm of the Sassanian 

 Queen Buran and a unique coin of Fakhr al-Din, leader of the Druzes. 



From Profesgor A, R. Bellinger : two Arab Byzantine bronze coins of 

 Scythopolis from the Jerash Find. 



From Mr. C. S. Gulbenkian : four very rare mohurs of the Mogul 

 Emperor Akbar. 



By purchase : — 



Two very fine distaters of Thurium, early fourth century. 



A rare sohdus of Antoninus Pius as * Ruler of the World.' 



A selection of fifty-three Aspers of Trebizond (Manuel I to Theodora), 

 from a rec&nt hoard, including many new variants of symbol. 



Twelve rare mohurs of the Mogul Emperor Akbar, and one of Shah 

 Jehan. 



A unique gold mohur of Mahmud Shah Durrani, struck at Herat in 



1216 A.H. 



Laboratory. 



Owing partly to the work involved in Air Raid Precautions, and 

 partly to the retirement of Dr. Alexander Scott, Director of Research 

 since the foundation of the Laboratory, and of his senior assistant, Mr. 

 E. C. Padgham, the work of the Laboratory has been subject to a certain 

 discontinuity throughout the year. Much of the time ordinarily available 

 for purely scientific work has been taken up with co-operation in the 

 training of the Museum staff in anti-gas measures, testing of protective 

 materials and consideration of safe methods of storing all classes of 

 museum, art gallery and library material. The main advance for the 

 year has thus been limited to the sphere of routine technical operations. 



A further quantity of material from the Department of British and 

 Medieval Antiquities, including the Battersea Shield, various pieces of 

 medieval silver, and armour, including guns and shields, has been treated. 

 Analysis of the Battersea Shield led to the discovery of traces of a pre- 

 viously unsuspected gold decoration, and the use of an oihng process has 

 in several cases revealed armourer's marks. As a result of the cleaning 

 of the vestments of Walter de Cantelupe and the Emperor Henry VI, 

 previously undecipherable patterns have been exposed, and it is likely 

 that a correlation wiU be established with several other historic textiles. 



