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I.GREEK COINS ACQUIRED BY THE BRITISHMUSEUM, 1914-1916.(SEE PLATES I-III.)As in previous accounts of the acquisitions of theBritish Museum, I omit from this paperthe coinswhich are to be included in catalogues now in preparation,even although in the present circumstancesthe appearance of these volumes is likely to sufferconsiderable delay. "What isprobably the most importantacquisition of the three years, the selection ofSabaean and Himyarite coins from the collectionof the late Col. "W. F. Prideaux,is excluded on thisground. 1 Certain recent acquisitions, which havefound a place in other articles in the NumismaticChronicle, it is obviously unnecessary to republishhere.mention the series of 48 silverOf these I maycoins of Athens, Aradus, Soli, Aspendus, Miletus,Sinope, Byzantium, and Persia, all from the " CilicianFind 2", which the Museum owes to the generosity ofMr. E. T. Newell ;and certain coins of the colonyof Pisidian Antioch, which I have myself described. 31Meanwhile Imay be allowed to refer to myarticle on the" Ancient Coinage of South Arabia " in the Proceedings of theBritish Academy, vol. vii, in which some of these coins are discussed.2Num. Chron., 1914, pp. 1-33.3 Ibid., pp. 299-313.NCMISM. CHRON., VOL. XVII, SERIES IV.B