ACCOUNTS, &C., OF THE BRITISH MUSEUM. 



33 







li. — Acquisitions, 



1882. 









Class. 



Gold 



and 



Electrum. 



Silver. 



Copper. 



Billon. 



Lead 



and White 



Metal. 



Glass. 



Total. 



Greek - - - - 



8 



74 



143 





. 





225 



Roman ... 



2 



- 



4 



- 



- 



2 



8 



English ... 



1 



32 



34 



- 



1 



- 



68 



Mediaeval and Modern - 



10 



39 



13 



- 



- 



- 



62 



Oriental ... 



64 



188 



1,071 



7 



11 



96 



1,437 



Total - - - 



85 



333 



1,265 



7 



12 



98 



1,800 



India Office Collection : — 

 Coins selected in 1882. 

 67 gold, 167 silver, 162 copper, 20 billon. Total, 416 coins. 



1. Greek Series; — 

 (Purchased). 



Remarkable Coins and Medals. 



A rare didrachm of Croton ; type of reverse, helmet. 



A very rare bronze coin of Hypata in Thessaly ; type, Pallas. 



A gold stater of Aetolia. 



A rare didrachm of Haliartus In Boeotia, type, Poseidon thrusting with trident. 



A didrachm of EHs, signed by the engraver Euth— , 



An archaic didrachm of Phaestus, inscribed. 



An electrum stater, perhaps struck at Clazomenae ; type, a winged boar. 



A gold coin of Cyprus ; types, head of Pallas and bull. 



An early tetradrachm of Barce in the Cyrenaica. 



2. Roman Series: — 

 (Purchased). 



A rare aureus of Julia Domna, wife of Septimius Severus, giving her the title 

 " Mater Castrorum." 



An aureus of Plautilla commemorating her marriage with Caracalla. 



3. English Series : — 



(Presented). 



An engraved medal commemorating the voyage of Sir Francis Drake round the 

 world. Presented by A. W. Franks, Esq. 



Medals of William and Anne Blake. Presented by A, W.- Franks, Esq. 

 Twelve portrait medals, executed by Professor Legros, and presented by him. 



4. MedicEval and Modern Series : — 



(Purchased). 



A very rare coin of Odoacer (cf. Pallmann, Geschichte der Volherwanderungen, title-page 

 and p. 372). 



Two rare and fine Italian medals of the sixteenth century, viz.. Gentile Bellini, by 

 Gambello ; Alfonso, Duke of Calabria, by Guazzalotti. 



5. Oriental Series : — * 



(Purchased). 



A very important series of the money of the Arabs and Moors of Spain and Africa. 

 A collection of Arab glass coin-weights, including some interesting early specimens. 

 Coins of the Hindu Kajahs of Kashmeer and their Mohammadan successors. 



(Presented). 



A very Interesting representative collection of coins of Pegu, BIrmah and Cambodia 

 (47 silver, 1 copper, and 3 lead). Presented by Lieut, Gen. Sir Arthur Phayre, K,c,s.i. 



0.63. E The 



