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ACCOUNTS, &C., OF THE BRITISH MUSEUM. 



II. — Acquisitions, 1876. 



Class. 



Gold. 



Silver. 



Copper. 



Billon. 



Lead 



and White 



Metal. 



Glass, Sec. 



Total. 



Greek 



28 



70 



52 







_ 



_ 



150 



Roman . - . 



English 



3 



4 

 79 



13 

 9 



1 



2 



1 



(terra-cotta). 



18 

 94 



Mediaeval and Modern - 



21 



54 



79 



13 



4 





171 



Oriental - _ - 



44 



32 



40 



1 



1 



4 



122 



Total - - - 



96 



239 



193 



15 



7 



5 



555 



Among the above acquisitions the most notable are the following : — 



a. Greek Series : — 



A gold coin of Catana, unpublished. 



A rare silver coin of Salymbria, in Thrace. 



A unique silver stater of the Zaselii, a people of Thrace. 



A selection from a find in Egypt — viz., 24 tetradrachms of Alexander III. and 

 Philip III. of Macedon, and 17 of Alexander ^gus, of which three bear the rare type of 

 Zeus seated. 



Two interesting silver staters of Cydonia and Prsesus, in Crete. 



Two electrum coins of Samos, one of extreme antiquity. 



A selection of 16 electrum staters of Cyzicus and Lampsacus, made from a recent find. 



A bronze coin of Pompeiopolis, with good portrait of Pompey, the founder. 



Three gold staters of Cyrene, of fine style. 



Rare tetradrachms of the Parthian kings Mithradates II., Vonones, and Artabanus IV. 



j3. Roman Series : — 



A large brass (sestertius) of Domitian, having on the reverse a figure of Minerva. The 

 fabric of this coin, on which no traces of S C are visible, is rather that of a medallion 

 than of an ordinary coin. 



y. English Series: — 



A selection of 139 coins of Edward the Confessor, from the so-called '•' City Hoard." 

 The selection comprises a hitherto unknown mint (Kichborough) of Edward, presented 

 by E. H. Willett, Esq. 



A gold medal of James VI. of Scotland, struck on the occasion of the King's marriage 

 in 1590, of great rarity, presented by A. W. Franks, Esq. 



A coin of Stephen, of uncertain mint, of a type not hitherto known to the National 

 Collection. 



8. Oriental Series : — 



Three gold coins imitated from Arabic deenars, found in India, presentad by Sir 

 Walter Elliot, K. C.S.I. 



A very rare Fatimee deenar of El-Muntadhar, " the expected Imam," struck at El- 

 Moizziyeh-el-Kahireh (Cairo). 



Three half-deeuars of Mohammad-ibn-Sa'ad of Mu'rcia, and his son Ililal, selected 

 from the first specimens known of this issue. 



Two silver coins of Teemoor, king of Kabul, struck at Lahore A.H. 1171, 1175. 



A small gold coin of Mes'ood, Seljuk Sidtan of Irak, with Senjar of the main dynasty. 



A very curious and rare dirhem of Mohammad of the Kakweyhee dynasty (iVM7w/6??ia<«c 

 Chronicle, Vol. XV. p. 235). 



A deenar of Haroon-ibn-Khumaraweyh, of the dynasty of the Benee-Tooloon, struck 

 at Dimashk (Damascus), a.h. 284. 



A dirhem of Adud-ed-Dowleh, the Buweyhee, struck at Kerd-Fana-Khusroo, a mint 

 hitherto unrepresented in the National Collection. 



A curious silver coin of the Arab Governor Hejaj, of a.h. 81, having the Kalimeh 

 written round the obverse margin. 



