ACCOUNTS, &C., OF THE BRITISH MUSEUM. 



23 



II. — Acquisitions^ 1877. 



Class. 



Gold 



and 



Electrum. 



Silver. 



Copper. 



Billon. 



Lead 



and White 



Metal. 



Glass. 



Total. 



Greek . - - 



104 



475 



589 



8 



_ 



_ 



1,17G 



Roman _ - . 



1-12 



580 



176 



- 





- 



898 



English ... 



87 



847* 



370 



1 



246 



- 



1,551 



Mediaeval and Modern - 



168 



859 



86 



28 



1 



- 



1,142 



Oriental - ■- - 



289 



230 



61 



- 



3 



4 



577 



Total - - - 



790 



2,991 



1,272 



37 



250 



4 



6,344 

















* This item includes 100 coins acquired in 1876. 



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



a. Greek Series: — 



Purchased. 



A gold one-third stater of the coinage attributed to Croesus. 



A tetradrachm bearing Samian types, struck by Samian exiles at Rhegium, early in 

 the fifth century, B.C. 



An early electrum coin of Parium, type Gorgon-head. 



Three important staters of Lycia, one bearing an unpublished inscription. 



A fine stater of Nagidus. 



Two rare tetradrachms of Cappadocia, one struck by Ariarathes, son of Mithradates 

 the Great, who was set up as king in Cappadocia for a short period. 



Fine copper Imperial - Greek coins of Ococlea, Patara and Myra in alliance, and 

 Thyatira. 



j3. Roman Series: — 



Purchased. 



A medallion of Severus Alexander and Julia Mamaea, having for the reverse type the 

 Emperor accompanied by Zeus, and crowned by Victory, holding the circle of the 

 seasons. This medallion is rare. 



A decussis, or piece of ten asses of the Quadrantal series. This piece, which is 

 unique, represents the largest coin of the second reduction of the Roman ces grave. 



y. English Series : — 



1. Presented by A. W. Franks, Esq., F.E.S., &c. 



A silver medal of Elizabeth of Bohemia, daughter of James I. 



2. Purchased. 



A selection of 103 pennies of William I. and William II., from the treasure found at 

 Tamworth (vide Num. Chron. 1877, p. 340). 



8. Oriental Series : — 



Purchased. 



In the coinage of the Fatimee Khaleefehs, coins of El-Kaim (two), El-Mustaala and 

 El-Faiz, all very rare. 



A unique gold coin of the "expected Imam," El-Muntadhir, struck by the Wezeer 

 El- Afdal, and bearing his name. 



A gold coin of Aboo Zakareeyeh, first of the dynasty of the Benee Hafs. 



One gold and two silver coins of late Arab dynasts of Spain, hitherto unrepresented 

 in the Museum Collection. 



Two gold coins of Aboo Bekr, founder of the dynasty of the Murabiteen. 



Two gold coins of the rare camp-mintages of Akbar, Moghul Sultan of Dehli. 



A rare silver medal of Suleyman I., Shah of Persia, and five copper coins of the 

 small dynasty of Danishment. 



An interesting series of medals struck by Ahmad III., Seleem III., Mahmood IL, and 

 'Abd-el-Mejeed, Sultans of Turkey. 



A medal of Shaheen Giray, last Khan of the Crimea. 

 159- c 4 



