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ACCOUNTS, &C., OF TUB BRITISH MUSEUM. 



4. Medieval and Modern Series : — 



112 coins and medals, acquired during this and the previous year, have been registered, 

 and 169 coins of this class have been incorporated. 



988 coins and medals from the Bank Collection have been registered, and 34 incorpo- 

 rated. 



151 Miscellaneous coins from the Freudenthal Collection have been registered. 



The following series have been revised and in some cases re-arranged, numerous fresh 

 labels and heading-cards having been written : — Germany (dollars), Spain, Portugal, 

 Naples, Sicily, Russia, Poland, Norway, Sweden and Denmark, North and South 

 America. • 



5. Oriental Scries : — 



179 miscellaneous coins, acquired In this and previous years, have been registered, and 

 177 incorporated. 



66 unclassed coins from the Marsden Collection have been incorporated. 



40 coins from the Freudenthal Collection have been registered, and two incorporated. 



The coins of the Murabits, Muwahhids, Bence-Hafs, Benee Mereen, Benee Ziyan, 

 certain lesser dynasties of Spain, of the Shereefs of Marocco, and of the Khaleefehs and 

 ether princes of Southern Arabia, have been re-arranged, and fresh heading-cards 

 written. 



The following series have been revised aad In part re-arranged, numerous fresh labels 

 and heading-cards having been added: — British India, Achee (Achin) gold, Malay, 

 Archipelago. 



458 gold coins, offered for purchase by Messrs. Mildred Goyeneche and Co., have been 

 examined, and selections made. 



li. — yicquisitions, 1879. 



Class. 



Gold 



and 



Electrum. 



Silver. 



Copper. 



Billon. 



Lead 



and White 



Metal. 



Total. 



Greek 



157 



95 



75 



1 



1 



329 



Roman . _ - - - 



1 



- 



1 





2 



4 



English . - - - - 



5 



50 



69 



'2 



18 



144 



MediaBval and Modern 



10 



37 



44 



- 



1 



92 



Oriental . - - . - 



108 



75 



41 



- 



2 



226 



Total - - - 



281 



257 



230 



3 



24 



795 



1. Greek Series :- 



Remarkable Coins. 



(a) (Purchased). 



A gold coin of a satrap of Alexander the Great, named Andragoras, and one of a 

 king of Persepolis of the same period. 



Two tetradrachms bearing the joint names of Seleucus I. and Antiochus I., kings of 

 Syria 



A silver coin of Sophytes, satrap of India under Alexander. 



An Interesting gold ludo-Scythic coin with bilingual inscription In Greek and Sanskrit. 



A rare drachm of TIgranes, king of Syria. 



Two tetradrachms of Abdera, types, Hercules seated, and cantharus, respectively. 



A fine imperial coin of Ilium, type Ganymede. 



Two gold octadrachms of Arsinoe II. of Egypt. 



A silver coin of Ephesus, under the name Arsinoe. 



Three fine early staters of Rhodes. 



(b.) (Presented). 



A selection of 93 gold coins of the Indo-Scythic class, of the kings KanerkI, Oerki, 

 and Bazodeo, from a find near Peshawur. Presented by Her Majesty's Panjab Govern- 

 ment. 



A fine Cyprian didrachm, bearing the name in Cyprian letters of King Stas . 



Three electrum staters : types, a horse, a sow, and a cock. 



Twenty-eight gold staters of Philip and Alexander of Macedon. 



A gold coin of Pisa in Elis, struck in the 104th Olympiad. 



Two fine gold staters of Cyrene. 



A remarkable tetradrachm of Terone, with the letters H E. 



A fine early decadrachm of Derronlcus, and an octadrachm of the BIsaltae. 



A very 



