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ACCOUNTS, &C., OF THE BRITISH MUSEUM. 



13 trays of the Chinese series have been labelled. The early Mohammedan, the 

 Amawee, and 'Abbasee coins have been transferred to fresh cabinets with new labels. 



Numerous finds and collections of Oriental coins have been examined, among others 

 a find uf 133 unpublished coins of Kathmandu, Nepal, a collection brought by 

 Mr. G. le Strange from Persia, a find of 346 Moorish coins, a find of 99 coins of the Seljuks 

 of Room, and from these finds and collections specimens have been selected for addition 

 to the National Collections. 







II. — Acquisitions, 



1880. 









Class. 



Gold 



and 



Electrum. 



SDver. 



Copper. 



Billon. 



Lead 



and White 



Metal. 



Glass. 



Total. 



Greek .... 



6 



92 



86 



. 







184 



Roman - - - 



2 



2 



19 



- 



- 



- 



23 



English ... 



10 



37 



20 



1 



1 



- 



69 



MedisEval and Modern - 



16 



85 



49 



1 



7 



- 



158 



Oriental - - - 



32 



65 



42 



1 



- 



16 



156 



Total - - - 



66 



281 



216 



3 



8 



16 



590 



1. Greek Series; — 



Remarkable Coins and Medals. 



(Purchased). 



A unique silver coin of Tyra in Sarmatia. 



A rare silver coin of the Acarnanian league, type, Artemis running. 



A very beautiful drachm of Argos, with representation of Diomede carrying off the 

 Palladium. 



23 silver coins of Ephesus of the 3rd century B.C., selected from a large find. 



A tetradrachm of Seleucus I., with the type of a horned horse's head, and one of 

 the joint reigns of Seleucus I. and Antiochus I., bearing the types of Alexander the 

 Great. 



A very fine tetradrachm of Diodotus, King of Bactria. 



A very remarkable coin or medal struck by Agathocles, King of Bactria, in honour and 

 memory of Alexander the Great, with his name. 



A gold stater struck by the people of Cyrene in honour of Ptolemy I., with the inscrip- 

 tion, "The People of Cyrene to Ptolemy." 



2. Roman Series: — 



(Purchased). 



A solidus of Basiliscus, Emperor of Constantinople, a.d. 475-477, with reverse type of 

 Victory, holding a cross. 



A triens of the Sextantal series, re-struck in Central Italy B.C. 269-219 upon a coin of 

 Oeniadae, a town of Acarnania. 



A quadrans of the Sextantal series, also of Central Italy, with reverse type of bull 

 rushing, r., beneath, serpent, above, ear of corn. 



A dupondius of the Cassia gens struck by the monetarius C. Cassius C. F. Celer, 

 B.C. 9. 



A follis of Irene, Regent, and afterwards Empress of Constantinople, a.d. 797-802. 



A small medallion in copper of the Emperors Diocletian and Maximian Hercules, 

 struck about a.d. 290, with their portraits. 



3. English Series : — 



(Presented and Bequeathed). 



22 military medals (6 gold, 15 silver, and 1 tin) issued by the East India Company, 

 and by Her Majesty's Government in India. The gold medals are for services in Ceylon 

 1795-1796, services in Egypt 1801, taking of Seringapatam 1809, Conquest of Rodriguez, 

 &c., 1809-1810, Conquest of Java 1811, and Conquest of Coorg 1837. The silver and 

 tin medals are those granted at various times to the native and British troops from 

 "Services in Ceylon," 1795, to the Indian Mutiny, 1857. Presented by the India Office 

 through the Secretary of State for India. 



A gold medal, commemorating a division in the Irish Parliament, 1753. Presented by 

 A. W. Franks, Esq. 



A set of the gold and silver coinage of Cromwell, ia remarkably fine condition. Be- 

 queathed by C. Hardy, Esq. 



4. MedicEval 



