ACCOUNTS, &C., OF TDK BRITISH MUSEUM. 



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II. — Acquisitions. 



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

 past year: — 





Gold. 



1 



8 



6 



13 



105 



Silver. 



Copper. 



Iron. 



Lead. 



Billon. 



Glass. 

 50 



Total. 







Greek _ _ - 

 Roiran - _ - 



Mediaeval and Modern 

 English - - - 

 Oriental - - - 



62 

 4 



79 

 126 

 499 



120 



41 



32 



10,269 



3,037 



3 



84 

 1 



100 

 1 



183 



237 



119 



10,409 



3,695 



Total - - - 



133 



770 



13,499 3 



85 



1 103 



50 



14,643 



In addition to the above coins, a Roman die and four clay coin-moulds have been 

 acquired. 



Of these acquisitions, the following should be especially mentioned : — 



1. Greek -'Series : — 



A copper coin, with an Oscan inscription of Aurunca in Campania, the ancient capital 

 of the Aurunci. 



A silver tridrachra (Attic Standard) of Miletus, having on the obverse a lion's head and 

 the letters ma., perhaps for Maussollus, King of Caria (Waddington Melanges de Numis- 

 matique, 1 serie, p. 14-16). 



A silver tetradrachm of Orophernes, King of Cappadocia (b.c. 158), one of six found 

 in the Temple of Athena Polias at Priene : the only examples known of this prince's 

 coinage. (Newton Numismatic Chronicle, n.s., vol. xi.) 



An important collection d'f coins of Asia Minor, brought thence, including some 

 examples of small silver money of the same fabric and style as those of the Marseilles 

 Find, acquired in 1869 (Return 31st May 1870, p. 20), and thus indicating what was the 

 silver currency of the Greeii merchants of the sixth century B.C. 



A collection of thirty-five early silver coins of Cyprus, found in a Temple at Dali 

 (Idalium), in that island, repi'esenting the coinage of the Cypriote Kingdoms in the sixth 

 centiu-y B.C. ; a series of extreme rarity and great archeological interest. (Lang, Nu- 

 mismatic Chronicle, vol. xi.) 



A gold quarter-stater of Ptolemy I., having on the reverse a quadriga of elephants. 



A silver tetradrachm of Demetrius, and a .silver hemidrachm of Apollophanes, Kings of 

 Bactria, both coins of great rarity. 



2. Roman Series: — ■ 



An ancient die for a coin of 1 lie Cornelia gens, found in the South of France. 



A tiers-de-sou of Ariadne, wife of the Emperor Zeno. 



A bronze medallion of Faustina Senior, of beautiful work and in fine condition. 



Five bronze medallions of Commodus; one of these relating to his reception, for the first 

 time, of the tribunician power, 23rd December, a.d, 176 ; another commemorating the 

 defeat of the Britons by Ulpius Marcellus, a.d. 184, at which time Commodus adopted 

 the surname Britannicus. 



A bronze medallion of Valerian, on the reverse of which are figures of Valerian and 

 Gallienus, in fine condition. 



A third brass coin of Carausius, struck in London. 



3. MedicBval and Modern Series: — 



A silver sterling of Marie d'Artois, struck at Chateau Poilvache or Meraude, near 

 Namur, 1337-1353. 



A dollar of Philippe d'Auvergne, Duke of Bouillon 1815. 



4. English Series : — 



A silver coin of the Iceni (Antedrigus) of a lower denomination than any published 

 specimens. 



An angelet of Edward IV., with the obverse legend repeated on the reverse. 



An Irish half-groat of Edward IV., struck at Trim. 



A St. Patrick's penny of Edward IV. 



A silver pattern for a half-noble of Charles I. 



A large collection of English and Anglo-Oriental copper coins, among which are many 

 rare varieties, all in a good state of preservation. 



A series of forty-eight patterns for the coinage of Hong-Kong 1862-66. 



272, 



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5. Oriental 



