6. Smithsonian Report, 1884, Part II. From the Smithsonian Institution. Society of Antiquaries of Scotland, From the Society. 7. Proceedings of the 1885-6. N.S., vol. viii. 8. Autotype fac-similes of coins produced at the Birmingham Mint. From Messrs. Ralph Heaton and Sons, Birmingham. 9. Formes et charactères des médaillons antiques de bronze relatifs aux Jeux. By M. Ch. Robert. From the Author. 10. Les noms de Cologne en latin et dans les langues modernes. By M. Ch. Robert. From the Author. 11. A modern imitation of a tetradrachm of Eucratides of Bactria. From General G. G. Pearse, C.B., R.H. A. Mr. A. J. Evans exhibited a tetradrachm of Syracuse similar to the one described in the Brit. Mus. Cat., No. 188, and with the signature of the engraver Evaenetus on both sides; on the obverse upon one of the dolphins, and on the reverse upon a tablet carried by the flying Nike. Mr. Webster exhibited an angel of the first coinage of Henry VII; also a Greek imperial coin of the town of Baris, in Pisidia, struck in the reign of Gordian III., with a figure of Hermes seated, holding a caduceus, on the reverse; also a small brass coin of Trajan with busts face to face of Plotina and Marciana on the reverse, and the legend PLOTINA ET MARCIANA AVG. This piece was countermarked with a capricorn, and is attributed to the colony of Parium, in Mysia. Mr. Krumbholz exhibited a half-crown of Charles I, probably a variety of the so-called "Blacksmith " money struck in Ireland. Mr. C. H. Nash exhibited a cast of a pattern halfpenny of Elizabeth, a counterfeit half-crown of William and Mary, and other false coins. Mr. C. F. Keary read a paper on the earliest Scandinavian coinages, being a translation of a paper on the subject by Dr. Hans Hildebrand, of Stockholm, with some additional remarks by the translator. It is printed in vol. vii, p. 222. MAY 19, 1887. JOHN EVANS, Esq., D.C.L., LL.D., F.R.S., P.S.A., President, in the Chair. Captain C. H. J. Hopkins, E. C. Mitchell, Esq., and A. Prevost, Esq., were elected Members of the Society. The following presents were announced and laid upon the table : 1. Contributions to the Study of Indo-Portuguese Numismatics, Parts II-IV. By M. J. Gerson de Cunha. From the Author. 2. Journal of the Royal Historical and Archæological Association of Ireland. Nos. 68, 69, 1887. From the Association. 3. Μεσαιωνικὰ νομίσματα τῶν Δυναστῶν τῆς Χίου υπό Π. Аáμроv. From the Author. 4. Annuaire de la Société Française de Numismatique et d'Archéologie. Mars-Avril, 1887. From the Society. 5. Report and Proceedings of the Numismatic and Antiquarian Society of Philadelphia, 1887. From the Society. 6. Berliner Philologische Wochenschrift. Nos. 17-20. From the Publishers. 7. Coins supplementary to Mr. Thomas's Chronicles of the Pathan Kings of Delhi, No. IV. By C. J. Rodgers, Esq. From the Author. 8. Journal of the Institute of Bankers. Vol. viii, Part V. From the Institute. Mr. W. T. Ready exhibited a remarkable gold stater of Lampsacus, having on the obverse a very fine head of Zeus, with a thunderbolt at his shoulder, and on the reverse the usual half Pegasus. Mr. Evans exhibited a selection of fine Roman gold coins of the following empresses: Domitia, Marciana, Matidia, Sabina, Crispina, Manlia Scantilla, Didia Clara, Julia Domna, Plautilla, Magnia Urbica, Galeria Valeria, and Fausta. Mr. Hall exhibited aurei of Caligula, Sept. Severus, and Gallienus. Most of these coins were acquired at the recent sale in Paris of the magnificent collection of the Vicomte de Ponton d'Amécourt. Mr. Hall also exhibited a pale gold coin of Dorstat belonging to the class of Carlovingian imitations described by Mr. Keary at the last meeting of the Society. Mr. Durlacher exhibited two pennies of Edward the Confessor, one struck at Bedford, and reading LIOFTHEGEN ON BEDE, type, a combination of Hawkins's 227 and 222; the other struck at Gloucester, of the so-called sovereign type reversed. Mr. Montagu exhibited a sixpence of the Commonwealth dated 1659 (mint mark, anchor), a coin which is important as proving that money was struck in that year, a fact doubted both by Hawkins and Kenyon. Mr. Montagu also exhibited a penny of Harold II, of the "Pax" type, struck at Worcester, and reading LEOFRIC ON PIRE. Mr. B. V. Head read a paper by M. J. N. Svoronos on the enigmatical inscription Tiovpot, which occurs in archaic characters written across the field on certain coins of Gortyna, in Crete. (See vol. vii, p. 126.) Mr. Evans read the abstract of a paper lately communicated to the Académie des Inscriptions by Mr. R. Mowat, on the X hitherto unexplained inscription on coins of the time of JII Constantine, which he interpreted as standing for "Decima (pars) sestertii." JUNE 16, 1887. ANNIVERSARY MEETING. JOHN EVANS, Esq., D.C.L., LL.D., F.R.S., P.S.A., President, in the Chair. The Minutes of the last Anniversary Meeting were read and confirmed. The Report of the Council was then read to the meeting as follows: GENTLEMEN, The Council again have the honour to lay before you their Annual Report as to the state of the Numismatic Society. With great regret they have to announce their loss by death of eight ordinary members : W. Brice, Esq. Admiral Sir George N. Broke Middleton, Bart., C.B. The Right Hon. the Earl of Enniskillen, D.C.L., F.R.S., F.G.S., M.R.I.A. The Hon. James Gibbs, C.S.I., C.I.E. W. E. Hayns, Esq. M. le Baron Lucien de Hirsch. The Ven. Archdeacon Pownall, M.A., F.S.A. Major W. Stewart Thorburn, A.P.D. On the other hand the Council have much pleasure in record ing the election of twenty new ordinary members : J. H. André, Esq. G. J. Bascom, Esq. M. A. Bom. G. Deakin, Esq. J. S. Henderson, Esq. The Council have also the honour to announce that they have awarded the medal of the Numismatic Society in gold, to the President of the Society, John Evans, Esq., D.C.L., LL.D., F.R.S., P.S.A., for his distinguished services to the science of Numismatics, exemplified by nearly seventy papers on Roman, British, Saxon, and English coins contributed to the pages of the Numismatic Chronicle, and by his standard work on the Coinage of the Ancient Britons. The Treasurer's Report is as follows: |