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III. T wo coins of Acinipo (Ronda la vieja). 
Obv. A bunch of grapes, between two stars. 
Rev. “Acinipo,” between two ears of corn. One coin 
has only one star and the legend “ Acinio.” 
IV. One coin of Carteia (Tartessus). 
Obv. Very large head to the right with fillet and a well 
marked profile outline. 
Rev. “ C. Vib. Aid (Cart . . . ?)” and a Dolphin. 
V. One Coin of Castillo (Cazlona) probably minted before 
the Roman conquest. 
Obv. Laureated or filleted head .to the right, with up- 
raised hand in front of the mouth. 
Rev. Ronr.eted Sphinx with head thrown back and a 
spine on the crown, walking to the right with one 
foreleg raised high. 
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VI. Two small coins much corroded. 
Professor Christie explained the occurrence of coins so 
ancient, by the absence in Spain of the large class of small 
collectors, which in England and countries usually frequented 
by English has put a premium on such specimens, and thus 
causes their rapid absolution when a find takes place. He 
had not noticed a similar occurrence in the North of Spain. 
Mr. Hurst mentioned other particulars as to the variegated 
coinage in use at Gibraltar, and the almost total removal 
from the Spanish currency of the old silver dollar with 
twisted pillars, which he explained in connection with the 
remarkable demand for that coin by the Chinese, who pay 
for it a premium of 23 to 40 per cent on its money value 
in Europe. 
Mr. Darbishire exhibited a tablet of modern standard 
Spanish coins (a decimal series), and of the present money of 
Morocco; the latter singularly rude, and much inferior to 
that of the Spanish Arabs. 
