ACCOUNTS, &C., OF THE BRITISH MUSEUM. 



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II. — Acquisitions, 1878. 



Class. 



Gold 



and 



Electrum. 



Silver. 



Copper. 



Billon. 



Lead 



and White 



Metal. 



Glass. 



Total. 



Greek 



199 



291 



149 



•2 



2 



_ 



643 



Roman 



« 



i 



10 



- 



1 



- 



23 



English ... 



28 



43 



23 



- 



- 



- 



94 



MediseTal and Modern - 



13 



172 



44 



- 



- 



- 



229 



Oriental . . - 



92 



394 



142 



1 



- 



3 



632 



Total - - - 



340 



904 



368 



3 



3 



3 



1,621 



Among the acquisitions the most important are the following : — 



a. Greek Series; — 



1. Purchased. 



103 British gold coins selected from a number found in the sea on the coast of Sussex. 



A drachm of Psophis in Arcadia, supposed to be unique. 



A remarkably fine tetradrachm of Rhodes, of the best jierlod of art. 



Several rare coins of the Seleucid Kings of Syria, among which — 



Gold staters of Antiochus I., and Antiochus Hierax. 



A tetradrachm of Antiochus I., with the type of a horse's head. 



A didrachm of the usurper Tryphon, issued in Phoenicia. 



A tetradrachm of Antiochus IX., with the pyre of Sardanapalus as type. 



The following were purchased at the sale of Subhi Pacha's coins : — 



A very rare drachm of Audoleon, King of Paeonia. 



A very archaic coin of Macedonia, type Pegasus. 



74 gold staters of the kings of Macedon. 



A didrachm of Damastlum in Epirus, with the legend KH<I>INi2N. 



An unpublished coin of Acarnania, supj^osed to have been issued when Antiochus III. 

 was in the country. 



A didrachm of Miletus and a drachm of Selge, rare denominations. 



An unpublished stater of Lycia, type, a griffin. 



A drachm of Timarchus, King of Babylon. 



Five archaic electrum coins and five staters of a later period, all very interesting. 



An unpublished silver coin struck at Hierapolis in Syria, bearing the name of Alexander 

 the Great. 



2. Presented by W. F. Douglas, Esq. 



Four coins imitated from Athenian tetradrachms by Himyarite Kings of Arabia. 



/3. Roman Series: — 

 Purchased. 



A Victoriatus with the monogi-am of Corcyra, struck immediately after the occupation 

 of the island by the Romans. 



An interesting aureus of Victorinus, bearing on the reverse the title of the 10th legion, 

 which was in his reign stationed in Gaul. 



y. Eaijlish Series : — 



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



A unique gold medal of William 111., presented to H. Scott for services at the Battle 

 of the Boyne {see Memorials of Scotts of Scott Hall, p. 261). 



2. Purchased. 



A^jenny of Stephen, struck at Dover, a town hitherto not known among the mints of 

 his reign. 



170. D 3 8 Medimval 



