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KOYAL NUMISMATIC SOCIETY. 25number now is not far short of 1400, which includes hiseditorship of the Numismatisches Literatur-Blatt, a monthlypublication. It would be quite impossible for me to giveyou even an epitomised list of his more recent productions :but I can tellyou that he has assailed some of the mostdifficult problems of the Roman Republican coinage andgenerally with success. Before General Bahrfeldt sits downto write his treatise he provides himself with casts from everypossible source of the coins which bear upon his subject. Bythese means he has made many startling discoveries, andbroken down many traditions.His knowledge of all the public collections in Europe andof many private ones is most extensive, and he told me whenon a visit to London recently that when he once had seena coin he never forgot it, and even if he did not make a notehe recollected where he had seen it.I owe General Bahrfeldt a deep debt of gratitude personallybecause he was so good as to read the proofs of my" Roman Republican Coins " and he saved me from many ablunder, which lack of intimate acquaintance with othercollections than that of the British Museum would have ledme into.I will now read the letter which General Bahrfeldt hasaddressed to the Council of the Society.Allenstein, May 20, 1912.To THE COUNCIL OP THE ROYAL NUMISMATIC SOCIETY,LONDON.Mr. H. A. Grueber has informed me that the RoyalNumismatic Society of London has awarded me its SilverMedal for my work in the domain of the Coinage of theRoman Republic. As I have been for a number of years anHonorary Fellow of the Society, this new honour is speciallygratifying to me, and I hasten to express my most heartfeltthanks to the Society for this appreciation of my work. I