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



Of these acquisitions, the following may be specified as deserving of more than ordinary 

 notice : — 



A magnificent collection consisting principally of Roman gold coins and JEs grave, and 

 containing many specimens quite new 1o the National Collection, purchased from the 

 executors of the late Due de Blacas ; comprising, in number, IV. 530, JR. 910, j^, 834. 

 Lead 1,825 ; total, 4,099 pieces. 



A very remarkable collection, containing 170 specimens of the rarest and most ancient 

 Roman money, quadrusses, asses, &c. ; purchased of M. Jules Sambon. 



A small but rare collection of coins of the Seleucidae ; purchased from H. White, Esq., 

 Her Majesty's Consul, Tangiers. 



Two unique gold coins of Taj-ed-din Ildaz ; purchased from Edward Thomas, Esq. 



All uiiique double sovereign of Henry VOL; purchased from the laie G. Eastwood, 

 Esq. 



A small but extremely rare collection of Roman coins ; purchased from Messrs. Rollin & 

 Feuardent. 



A verv rare silver coin of lenbernt. Archbishop of Canterbury ; purchased of the Rev. 

 T. J. Thorpe. 



The following have been presented to the Trustees : — 



A very interesting collection of Greek coins, chiefly from Corcyra, ihe western part of 

 Greece, and the Greek islands, being a part of the collections bequeathed to the Trustees 

 by the hue James VVoodhouse, Esq., of Corfu. 



A gold coin of Catherine II. of Russia, 1766 ; presented i)y the Earl Granville, k.g. 



80 Australian tokens ; presented by the Honourable R. Marsham. 



25 Tasnianiau tokens ; presented by J. Macarthy Browne, Esq. 



Three-pfennige piece of Camenz, in Saxony, and a silver coin of Henry III. of Germany; 

 presented by R. Brassey/ Esq. 



A jeton de presence de la Societe des Bibliophiles de France ; presented by M. Schefer, 

 Preni. Secret, de I'Empereur. 



A 20-dollar and a 10-dollar piece in gold, struck for British Columbia; presented by 

 F. Seymour, Esq , Governor of British Columbia. 



A coin of the Papal States, sede vacante, 1823 ; presented by J. B. Bergne, Esq. 



Five coins, respectively, of Herod I., Alexander Jannaeus, Boemund of Antioch, Amauri 

 of Jerusalem, and an early Mohammedan coin; presented by the Rev. Greville Chester. 



A quarter-cent of the East India Company for 1845 ; presented by A. B. Neill, Esq. 



A second brass coin of the Emperor Claudms, found by Mrs. Milmau at the Aust Passage; 

 presensed by the Very Rev. the Dean of St. Paul's. 



Three copper coins of Norway, and three copper coins of India ; presented by the Earl 

 of Enniskillen. 



One silver coin of George V. of Hanover, and a silver coin of Nicolas Frederic Peter, 

 Grand Duke of Oldenburg ; preented by Major General von Diuing. 



One uncertain Merovingian coin in gold, found at PattishuU ; presented by Lord 

 Dartmouth. 



A bronze prize medal of the Moffat Academy Club; presented by David J. Burne, Esq. 



An electrotyne medal of the late Rev. George Townsend, d.d. ; presented by Miss 

 Greenwell. 



An United States stamp token, enclosed in a case for circulytion during the late war; 

 presented by W. Corkran, Esq. 



A five-cent and a three-cent piece of the United States of America; presented by 

 Gardiner Pike, Esq. ■ 



A rare coin, in electrum, of the Western Coast of Asia Minor; presented by Randall 

 Callander, Esq. 



A bronze medal of Count Radetzky, 1849 ; a two-franc and a one- franc piece of the Em- 

 peror Napoleon III. ; and two double dollars of Basle and Lucerne, respectively; presented 

 Dy J. W. De Sails, Esq. 



A Spanish dollar, countermarked as payable at Lanark Mills for 5s. ; presented by Vere 

 Irving, Esq. 



Ten irisi) copper tokens of the 18th century; presented by Andrew Young, Esq. 



One Bank token for 3s., 1811 ; presented by DefFet Francis, Esq. 



A Peruvian medal in gold ; presented by Mippolito Unanne, Esq. 



A badge of George- IIL, a 17th century token, 1666, a medallet of the Peace of Rys- 

 wyck, 1697, a medallet of William IIL, a badge of Edward VI., a medallion (in lead) of 

 Charles I. and Henrietta Maria, a medal of John Kendal, and a prize medal of the Salis- 

 bury Volunteer Corps; presented by A. W. Franks, Esq. 



The following individual specimens may be mentioned as among the more valuable 

 additions to the cabinets of the British Museum during the year 1866 : — 



From the Roman portion of the collection of the late Due de Blacas : 



In Gold. — A M. Antonius ; a Labienus (unique) ; a M. Antonius with his brother Lucius ; 

 a Julius Cassar, witli the letters LIL, denoting his age at the commencement of the Civil 

 War; a Julius Ceesar with a veiled head ; aLepidus; a Cnaeus Pompeius ; a legionary 

 coin of M. Antonius; a M. Antonius with his son; an Augustus, struck by his moneyer, 



L. Mussidius j 



