ACCOUNTS, ESTIMATES, &C. OF THE BRITISH MUSEUM. 



A Bronze Sword : portions of two elaborafely-ornamented Shields (from the Thames); a 

 set of Silver Saxon Pins, found in the Kiver Witham, Jiear Lincoln ; and a fine 14tli Cen- 

 tury Sword, from the same locality; all presented by the Archaeological Institute of Great 

 Britain and Ireland. 



An ornamented Bronze Scabbard, and an Iron Dagger in a bronze sheath ; both found 

 in the Thames. 



A small Collection of Roman Antiquities found at Kirkby Thore, Westmoreland ; pre- 

 sented by Sir George Musgrave, Bart. 



Fragment of a Roman Mosaic Pavement, with blue glass tesserae, found in rebuilding a 

 house in Fenchurch-street ; presented by the Executors of the late Henry Barber, Esq. 



A Roman Leaden Coffin, found in making the new Docks atShadwell; presented by the 

 Directors of the London Dock Compauy. 



A Saxon Biooch ; presented by J. Y. Akerman, Esq., f.s.a. 



Twenty-five Matrices of English Seals, comprising the Seal of Richard Clitherowe, Admiral 

 of the Westiii 1405 and 1406; the Seal of Windsor Castle; and 14 Silver official Seals of 

 their Majesties Kmg George III-, (ieorge IV., and Wilham IV.; presented by the Lord 

 President of the Council. 



A Quadrant, beamier the name of Edward VI., for whom it was most probably made. 

 A Serpentine Bowl, mounted in silver, being the Punch Bowl of the Poet Burns; b- 

 queathed by the late Archibald Hastie, Esq., .m.p. 



VII. Medifsval. — A large and fine Triptych of the 14th Century, containing numerous 

 groups, carved in ivory. The doors are painted externally with figures of Saints of the 

 same date as the rest of the Triptych. 



An Ivory Statuette, representing St. Margaret. 



Two very rare Enamels of the Twelfth Century, executed in copper by the cloisonne 

 process. 



A Limoges Enamel of the Penicaud school, bearing the mark of an enameller, hitherto 

 unknown. 



Seventeen foreign Matrices of Seals . 



VIII. Ethnographical. — A fine Collection of Peruvian Antiquities, collected in various 

 parts of that country, by Mr. Farris. Among these are numerous painted Vases, a Silver 

 Belt, and other ornaments of an Inca, and numerous Implements of Copper. 



A small Series of Objects from Morocco; presented by Cyril Graham, Esq. 



Besides the above, forty-eight Cases, containing Sculptures from Halicarnassus, and sixty- 

 three Cases, containing Miscellaneous Greek Sculptures from Cnidus, Branchidae, &,c., have 

 been lately received from C. T. Newton, Esq., Her Majesty's Vice-Consul at Mytilene, being 

 the results of his recent researches in the East ; as well as fifty-one Cases, containing Anti- 

 quities from Carthage and Ulica, the result of the; xcavations of the R'-:'v. N. Davis. 



These Cases, which were brought to England in Her Majesty's ship " Supply," have been 

 placed temporarily under the front Colonnade, and in two rooms in the basement, but have 

 at present been only partially unpacked. 



V 



(•2.) Coins and Medals. — The following table shows the number and classification of the 

 acquisitions under this head : — 



Greek - - - - - 



Roman - - - - - 



Oriental - _ _ - 

 Mediaeval and"! 



Modern -J ~ 



The following are the most important : — 



To the Greek Series many rare and beautiful Coins have been added. Of these, the 

 most remarkable are Silver Coins of Polemo, with Tryphaena, his Queen; Rhescuporis V. 

 and Rhescuporis VI., Sovereigns of the Bosphorus; a Silver Coin of Timotheus and Diony- 

 sius, Tyrants of Heraclea in Bithynia; an archaic Didrachm of Ephesus; a Copper Coin of 

 Nicias, Tyrant of Cos ; a very fine Tetradrachm of Rhodes ; an unique Copper Coin of 

 Deiotarus, King of Galatia; an extremely rare Coin of " Feggsere," in Lycia; an equally 

 rare Silver Coin of Mallus, in Cilicia; a Gold Coin (stater) of Antiochus HI., and a Tetra- 

 drachm ofTryphon, King of Syria, both of the highest rarity; an unique Tetradrachm of 

 the Town of Marathus in Syria; a Hemidrachm of the same place; and an Octodrachm, 

 in gold, of Arsinoe, Queen of Ptolemy Philopator, of the highest rarity and beauty. 

 Several gaps in the Class of Regal Coins have been filled up by these acquisitions. The 

 additions to the Seleucidan and Lycian Coins, especially in ihe case of the latter by che 

 purchase of Sir Charles Fellows' Collection, have been particularly numerous and im- 

 portant. The Greek Imperial Class has also been augmented by the acquisition of several 

 interesting Coins. 



To 



Gold. 





Silver. 





Copper. 



6 - 



- 



86 - 



- 



97 



4 - 



- 



1 - 



- 



— 



31 - 



- 



99 - 



- 



222 



97 - 





29 - 





608 



138 



215 



927 = 1,280 



