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Three Silver Roman Rings found at Amesbuiy ; presented by Sir Edmund Antrobus 

 Bart. 



A Saxon Sword, inlaid with gold and silver, and inscribed ou one side with a Runic 

 Alphabet, and the name of its owner, IBeognoth ; together with several Celtic and Saxon 

 wea|)ons, all found in the 'I'hames. 



Four Silver Seals — viz., ihe Quarter Seal of George III. ; the Great Seal of Scotland of 

 George IV., and the seals of the King's Bench and Exchequer of William IV.; presented 

 by the Lord President of the Council. 



V. Medieval. — A Marble Statuette of the fifteenth century; presented by Mr. Henry 

 Boone. 



Two Specimens of Itahan Majolica. 



Seven Astrolabes, and dials of various kinds. 



Three Matrices of Seals. 



VI. Oriental and Ethnographical. — A Collection of Carvings in Ivory, ancient Chess- 

 men, Stone Altars, Terracotta Vessels, and other objects, found on the site of the City of 

 Brahminabad, in Sind, which is sujiposed to have been destroyed before the eleventh 

 century, a.d, ; excavated and presented by A. F. Bellasis, Esq. 



Several Sikh weapons ; presented by G. A. Money, Esq. 



Some Terracotta Figures and Vases found in Mexico ; presented by W. Stevenson, Esq., 

 Her Majesty's Superintendent in British Honduras. 



A Collection of Objects from the Fiji Islands; presented by the Lords of the Admiralty. 



Coins and Medals. — The following table shows the number and classification of the 

 acquisitions under this head : — 



Greek ------ 



Roman ------ 



Byzantine _ _ _ - - 

 Oriental ----- 



Mediaeval and"l 

 Modern -J ~ 



Gold. 



Silver. 



Copper. 



3 - - 



172 - - 



16 



- - _ 



5 - - 



65 



- _ _ 



_ _ _ 



21 



20 - - 



78 - - 



67 



49 - ■ 



■ 485 - - 



68 



72 



740 



237 = 1,049 



The following are the principal acquisitions : — 



In the Greek series the most important Coins are a Tetradrachm of Syracuse; a Di- 

 drachm of Pheneus, in Arcadia; two Tetradrachms of Nicomedes III., Kino of Bithynia; 

 and a Tetradrachm of Barce. A large numbtr of Tetradrachms of Alexander the Great, 

 and of Athens, as well as several Didrachms of Corinth, have also been added to the 

 Collection. 



The Roman series has been enriched by the purchase of a Silver Medallion of Max- 

 imin, and of Brass Medallions of Elagabalus, Severus Alexander, Valerian with Galhenus, 

 Gallienus with Salonina, and Jovian. Many second Brass Coins from the time of Augustus 

 to that of Severus Alexander, of the finest workmanship, and in the highest preservation, 

 have likewise been obtained ; some of these present Portraits, of which there were, 

 previously, no good examples in the Collection. 



The Byzantine series has been improved by the acquisition of several Coins with Byzan- 

 tine types struck by the Cities of Syria, immediately after the Arab conquest. 



7'o the Oriental series the most valuable addition has been that of a collection of 

 Bactrian and other Indian Coins, purchased of Major Cunningham, H. E. I. C. E. Among 

 these the chief rarities are specimens of the Money of Euthydemus, Diomedes, Zoilus, and 

 Strato. Many curious Indo-Sassanian Coins are also included in this Collection. From 

 Sir VV. Lloyd's sale, several excellent specimens, chiefly of the more recent Indian Money, 

 have been procured. Among other Coins of much interest are. Proofs of Siamese Coins, 

 presented by the Earl of Clarendon, k.g. ; a Gold Coin of Harar, in East Africa; a 

 series of Chinese Coins from Foo-chow-foo in Fuh-keen, and two Dollars struck at Shanahae, 

 all of the reign of the present Emperor Heen-fung; presented by D. B. Robertson, Esq., 

 Her Majesty's Consul, Shanghae. 



In the Modern series the additions have been of great interest. 



In the English Collection, a unique St. Peter Halfpenny, and a Gold Florin of 

 Edward 11]., are worthy of especial mention; and in the Continental Mediaeval, an 

 extensive collection of Imperial Money. In the latter, the following pieces may be par- 

 ticularised : — Nine Coins of Charlemagne; Deniirs of Louis I., Lothaire, Louis IL, and 

 Charles II. struck at Rome; a unique Denier of Louis III. struck at Turbach ; 

 Deniers of Charles III. (Cologne), Deniers of Arnulf (Mentz and Rome), a Denier of 

 Berengarius I., as Emperor (Pavia), and of Otho I. (Rome) ; a Soldo d'oro of Conrad III., and 

 Henry struck in Syria; an extremely rare Coin of Frederic I. (Crema); rare Deniers 

 struck in Bavaria, and Bracteates; fine and rare Coins of Otho IV. (Lucca), of Frederic II., 

 and a Grosso of Henry VII. (Como), and the fine Double Dollar of Maximilian I., 

 dated 1509, believed to have been designed by Albert Durer. By these additions, the 

 Imperial series has been very greatly improved. The Collection has also been enriched by 



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