ACCOUNTS, &C., OF THE BRITISH MUSEUM. 



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II. — Acquisitions, 



1881. 









Claaa. 



Gold 



and 



Electrum. 



Silver. 



Copper. 



Billon. 



Lead 



and White 



Metal. 



Glass. 



Total. 



Greek - - - - 



20 



126 



50 



2 





1 



199 



Roman . - - 



4 



- 



2 



- 



- 



6 



12 



English ... 



3 



25 



60 



4 



65 



- 



157 



Medijeval and Modern - 



6 



116 



66 



1 



11 



- 



200 



Oriental - - . 



91 



91 



60 



- 



- 



39 



281 



Total - - - 



124 



358 



238 



7 



76 



46 



849 



1. Greek Series: — 

 (Purchased). 



Remarkable Coins and Medala. 



A didrachm of Heraclea in Lncania, with the head of Athene, inscribed A9ANA7. 



Two staters of Patralis, King of Paeonia, apparently bearing the portrait of the king. 



Nineteen silver coins of Cos, selected from a find, and a fine stater of Marium in Cyprus. 



Ten gold coins of Cyrene, selected from a find, and very rare drachms of Barca and 

 Euesperis. 



An early electrum stater of Lydia ; in the incuses on the reverse, a fox and a stag's 

 head. 



Five Persian double-Darics, with various Greek letters in the field. 



Gold coins of Antiochus I. and II., Kings of Syria, bearing as type a horned horse's 

 head, and a gold coin of Antiochus II., with portrait of Diodotus, King of Bactria. Also 

 a silver tetradrachm of the joint reign of Seleucus 1, and Antiochus I. 



Three Bactrian coins in nickel, one of Pantaleon, and two of Agathocles. 



A drachm of Goterzes, King of Parthia, inscribed with his name, and the title " Son of 

 Artabanus." 



A silver coin of Malchus I., Nabathaean king. This is supposed to be unique, and is 

 the earliest coin of the Nabathaean series. 



(Presented). 



A silver tetradrachm, the first published, struck by Andragoras, a Greek Satrap of 

 Parthia, during the period B. c. 320-250 {Numismatic Chronicle for 1881, p. 8). Presented 

 by A. W. Franks, Esq. 



2. Roman Series: — 

 (Purchased). 



A copper denarius of the Emperor Allectus, with the reverse inscription, PAX 

 AVGGG. This piece forms a connecting link between the class of coins issued in his 

 own name and that of the associated Emperors — Diocletian, Maximian, and Carausius, 



(Presented). 



A rare denarius of Claudius Gothicus, with reverse type Fortuna, struck at Siscia; and 

 a second brass of Volusian, with reverse type Militaiy standards, struck at Antioch. 

 Presented by Major A. Markl. 



3. English Series : — 

 (Purchased). 

 A shilling of Philip and Mary, without date or mark of value. (From the Young sale). 



(Presented). 



An interesting series of 64 Scottish sacramental tokens. Presented by R. W. Cochran- 

 Patrick, Esq., M .P. 



o.QQ. D 4 4. Mediaeval 



