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ACCOUNTS, &C. OF THE BRITISH MUSEUM. 



II. — Acquisitions. 



The following Coins and Medals have been added to the National Collection during the 



past year: — 







Gold. 



Silver. 



Copper. 



Lead. 



Total. 









Greek 



2 



144 



181 





327 



Roman 



- _ - - 



17 



44 



43 



4 



108 



Mediaeval 



and Modern 



21 



190 



93 



- 



304 



English 



_ - - _ 



5 



41 



34 



. 



80 



Oriental 



Total - - - 



15 

 60 



68 



222 



- 



305 





487 



573 



4 



1,124 



Of these acquisitions, the following may be mentioned as worthy of special notice : — 



1. Greek Series : — 



A drachm of Diodotus; tetradrachms of Heliocles, Philoxenes, and Strato, re- 

 spectively of the Bactrian series. 



A gold stater of Arsinoe II., of Egypt, a new variety. 



A collection of 114 Greek Imperial coins, some very rare. 



A silver coin of Trapezus, in Pontus, very rare. 



A collection of Greek autonomous coins of Italy and Sicily. 



A portion of a find of small silver archaic coins, discovered at Marseilles. 



A collection of Greek autonomous coins of Italy, from the San Giorgio sale. 



A tetradrachm of Mithradates IV., King of Pontus ; extremely rare. 



A drachm of Seleucus I., Nicator; very rare. 



A rare tetradrachm of Alexander the Great, struck in Syria. 



2. Roman Series: — 



A gold coin of Jovian, struck at Constantinople. 

 A silver coin of Hadrian, with the head of Sabina on the reverse. 

 A silver medallion of Valerian and family. 

 A silver medallion of Hadrian. 



Seven medallions, in brass, of Nero, Hadrian, Antoninus Pius, Aurelius, Verus, and a 

 rare unpublished coin of Maximian Hercules. 



3. Medieval and Modern Series : — 



A collection of rare French copper coins, struck during the First Republic. 



An Ostrogothic coin, struck at Rome. 



Fourteen coins of the Kings of Servia, struck during the 12th, 13th, and 14th cen- 

 turies. 



A very rare ten-ducat piece of the city of Hamburg, struck in 1694. 



A silver coin of Henning Scharfenberg, Archbishop of Riga, a.d. 1424-1448. 



A very rare dollar of the city of Ravensburg, in the kingdom of Wurtemburg, dated 

 1624. 



A rare bracteate of the Emperor Henry VI., a.d. 1190-97. 



4. English Series : — 



An Anglo-Saxon gold coin, with a Runic legend. 



A rare coin of Oifa, King of Mercia. 



A penny of Harthacnut, struck at Gloucester. 



A very rare noble of Edward III., with the crown for mint-mark. 



5. Oriental Series : — 



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III. — The following have been presented to the Trustees : — 



Four silver Bactrian coins, a drachm of Diodotus, and tetradrachms of Heliocles, Phi- 

 loxenes, and Strato, respectively. By Lady Edwards. 



A bronze prize medal of the First Glamorganshire Artillery Volunteers. By Lieut. 

 Col. Francis. 



A copper bank-token of Upper Canada, for 1857. By the Right Hon. the Earl of 

 Enniskillen. 



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