ACCOUNTS, &C., OF THE BRITISH MUSEU.II. 



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The coins of Aethelwulf, Aelfred, Eadweard I., Aethelstan, Eadmund, Eadred, Eadwig, 

 Eadgar, Aethelred II., Cnut, Harold I., Hartbacnut, and William I. and IT., have been 

 re arranged alphabetically, as far as possible, under their places of mintage, and fresh 

 headins; cards have been vrritten. 



5. Oriental Series : — 



15 Oriental coins, acquired during the year 1872, have been registered. 



11 Indian (Mogul) coins, purchased of Lady Frere, have been registered and incor- 

 porated. 



62 Indian, &c., coins, acquired in 1868, have been registered and incorporated. 



68 Cufic glass coins have been arranged. 



246 Arabic coins of the Amawee dynasty have been re-arranged under their respective 

 mints. 



33 gold and 45 silver coins of the same dynasty have been placed in a separate cabinet 

 as duplicates. 



II. — Acquisitions. 



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

 past year: — 





Gold. 



Silver. 



Copper. 



Billon. 



Glass. 



Total. 



Greek _ - - - 

 Roman - _ - - 

 Mediaeval and Modern 

 English - - - - 

 Oriental - - - - 



63 



7 



50 



30 



8 



128 

 8 



350 

 82 

 21 



360 



476 

 8,115 



7 

 1 



1 



1 



31 



16 



33 



552 



492 



8,546 



135 



63 



Total - - - 



158 



589 



8,959 



49 



33 



9,788 



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



1. Greek ''series : — 



A rare silver coin of Peripolium in Samnium. 



Two rare tetradrachms of Syracuse, one with the engraver's name IIAPME, and the 

 other with a head of Pallas full-face, and the engraver's name EYKAEIAA. 



A decadrachm of Syracuse, in very fine condition. 



Fifty-seven gold staters of Alexander the Great and Philip III., of Macedou, from the 

 Larnaka find ( Lang, Numismatic Chronicle, xi., p. 229). 



A tetradrachm of Cnossus, in Crete, bearing Athenian types. 



A very rare tetradrachm of lalysos, in Rhodes. 



A very fine tetradrachm of Maussollos Satrap of Caria. 



A silver coin of a Satrap of Cyprus, with an unpublished Cypriote inscription. 



A silver coin of Lycia, with an unpublished Lyclan inscription. 



A unique tetradrachm of Alexander Aegus. 



A tetradrachm of a hitherto unknown King of Bactria, named Plato, unique. 



A silver coin of Artaxias, King of Armenia, in very fine preservation. 



A gold coin of Asahel, King of Axum, in Abyssinia. 



Three very rare copper coins of Palmyra. 



Five coins of the following cities of Asia Minor, all of considerable rarity ; Briula, 

 Alia, Briana, Docimaeum, Andeda, Siblia, Stectorium, and Colybrassus. 



2. Roman Series: — 



A rare Consular coin of the Sepullla Gens. 



Two rare large brass coins of the Emperors Severus and Caracalla, the latter with the 

 inscription VICTORIA BRITANNIC^. 



3. Mediaeval and Modern Series ; — 



A selection of 184 coins of the Kings of Naples and Grand-Masters of Rhodes, &c., 

 comprising a few specimens of the coins struck at Ephesus, with its mediaeval name 

 Theologos° and at Magnesia, by the Seljuk Emeer Saroukhan, for his Christian subjects. 

 This hoard of coins was discovered by Mr. Wood, in the course of his excavations on the 

 site of the Artemlsion at Ephesus. 



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