ACCOUNTS, &C., OF THE BRITISH MUSEUM. 



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5. Oriental Scries : — 



17 Oriental coins, acquired during the year 1871, have been registered, and 13 incor- 

 porated. 



32-4 coins of the 'Amawee Khaleefehs have been examined, and the mint and date oi' 

 each verified. 



An Index to the Catalogues and Registers, consisting of 159,730 slips written in 

 quadi'upHcate by the carbonic process, has been made. 



II. — Acquisitions. 

 The following Coins and Medals have been added to the National Collection durin"- the 



past year: — 

















Gold. 



Silver, 



Copper. 



Billon. 



Glass. 



Total. 







Greek _ - - - 

 Roman - _ - - 

 Medieval and Modern 

 English - - - - 

 Oriental - - - - 



46 

 2 

 9 

 -4 



12 



156 



2 



54 



215 



8 



65 

 13 

 11 



26 



8 



1 

 2 



50 



267 

 17 



75 



247 



78 



Total - - - 



73 



435 



123 



3 



50 



684 



In addition to the above coins, a steel die of an American note, and four Roman coin- 

 moulds, have been acquired. 



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

 1. Greek Series : — 



In the class of the aes grave of Italy, a semuncia of Asculum in Picenum, a very rare 

 quincunx of Hatria, a sextans of Central Italy, a very fine as of Venusia; all but the 

 second unpublished, and either unique or of extreme rarity. 



A unique medallion (decadrachm) of Syracuse. 



In the Macedonian class, forty-four gold staters in splendid preservation, selected from 

 the finest specimens of the Larnaka find (Lang, Numismatic Chronicle, voh xi., p. 229), 

 with a view to completing the Museum Collection, These coins were acquired by the 

 exertions of Mr. Lang, Her Majesty's Consul at Larnaka. 



A didrachm of Sicyon in Achaia, bearing a curious punctured inscription, apparently a 

 dedication to Artemis. This rai'ity, with others to be enumerated, was procured from 

 Mr. ^Merlin, Her Majesty's Consul at the Pirseus. 



An extremely rare coin of Carystus in Euboea. 



A coin of Trapezus in Pontus, with the type parlante of a table, very rare. 



In the class of Greek Imperial medallions of Asia Minor, three fine specimens, respec- 

 tively of Heraclea in Bithynia, Pergamus, and the same town in alliance with E2)hesus. 



A rare and fine coin of the Empress Lucilla, struck at Euippe in Caria. 



The preceding four coins were procured from Mr. Consul Merlin. 



A rare Imperial coin of Augusta, in Cilicia. 



Two very rare Imperial coins of Mopsus, in Cilicia. 



A second portion of the silver Cypriote coins found at Dali, by acquiring which 

 from Mr. Consul Lang the Museum now possesses the best specimen of every variety 

 in these two important finds. (Return, 6th June 1871, p. 23; Lang, Numismatic 

 Chronicle, vol. xi., p. 1.) The national collection is thus rendered hj fat the richest in 

 the world in this interesting branch. 



In the cognate class of early Lyclan coins, six- rai-e specimens, one of v.'hich, bearing 

 the new type of a bear-headed divinity, is held to be unique. 



A coin of Augustus, struck at Sebastos, the port of Cajserea, in Samaria. 



2. Roman Series :- 



in brass, oi' 



In the important historical class of Roman medallions, eleven specimens, 

 Commodus, Severus, Severus Alexander, Gordianus III. (4), Philippus I., with 

 Philippus TI. (2), and Otacilia Severa. 



In the class of Roman gold coins, an extremely rare aureus of Augustus (moncycr, 

 P. Petronius Turpilianus), and a rare aureus of the same Emperor, commemorating the 

 Secular Games. 



3. English Series : — 



A hundred and eighty-eight groats, chiefly of Henry IV., V., VI., and Edward IV., 

 selected from the Stamford Find, among which are many new varieties. 



164. c 3 III.— The 



