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III.
GREEK COINS ACQUIRED BY THE BRITISH MUSEUM
IN 1888.
DURING the year 1888 (Jan. Dec.) the Department of
Coins in the British Museum has acquired, chiefly by
l
purchase, 455 coins of the Greek class, 10 of which are
gold and electrum, 217 in silver, and 228 in bronze. A
description of noteworthy specimens among these acqui-
sitions is given in the following pages.
1. Ofti-. Tripod.
METAPONTUM (LUCANIA),
Rev- M [E]. Corn -grain.
M. Size -5.
Of the period circ. B.C. 350 272, It is not described
in the Brit. Mm. Cat., Italy, nor in Garrucci's Monete dell'
Italia antica.
HIPPONIUM (BRUTTII).
2. Olm. Head of Rheon (?) r., horned, bare in front
;
P [EHIM].
Rev.E | P H [NIEI2N] Club bound with fillet.
M. Size -45.
[PI. XII. 1.]
1 This total does not, of course, include the coins of the
Cunningham Collection (Bactrian, Indian, &c.), purchased by a
special Parliamentary grant during the past year. This very
important acquisition will probably be dealt with separately in a
future number of the Numismatic Chronicle. The Greek acquisitions
of the Department of Coins during 1887 were described
by the present writer in the Numismatic Chronicle for 1888,
pp. 121.
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