THE

NUMISMATIC CHRONICLE,

AND

JOURNAL

OF THE

NUMISMATIC SOCIETY.

EDITED BY

JOHN EVANS, D.C.L., LL.D., TREAS. R.S., P.S.A.,

CORRESPONDANT DE L'INSTITUT DE FRANCE,

BARCLAY V. HEAD, D.C.L., PH.D.,

ASSISTANT KEEPER OF COINS, BRITISH MUSEUM, CORRESPONDING MEMBER OF THE
IMPERIAL GERMAN ARCHEOLOGICAL INSTITUTE,

BERNARD QUARITCH, 15, PICCADILLY.

PARIS: MM. ROLLIN ET FEUARDENT, PLACE LOUVOIS, No. 4.

1887.

LONDON:

PRINTED BY J. A. VIRTUE AND CO., LIMITED,

CITY ROAD.

CONTENTS.

ANCIENT NUMISMATICS.

The Electrum Coinage of Cyzicus. By the Rev. Canon W.

Greenwell, F.R.S., F.S.A.

The Inscription on Coins of Gortyna. By J. N. Svoronos

New Greek Coins of Bactria and India. By Professor Percy

Gardner, Litt.D., F.S.A.

The Exchange-Value of Cyzicene Staters. By Professor

Percy Gardner, Litt.D., F.S.A.

Page

1

177

185

On a Coin of a Second Carausius, Cæsar in Britain in the

Fifth Century. By Arthur J. Evans, M.A., F.S.A.

191

Electrum Coins and their Specific Gravity. By Barclay V.

Head, D.C.L., Ph.D.

277

Note on Three Gold Coins from Crete. By T. Spratt, F.R.S.,

F.S.A., Vice-Admiral

309

Discovery of a Hoard of Roman Coins at Springhead. By

C. Roach Smith, F.S.A.

312

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MEDIEVAL AND MODERN NUMISMATICS.

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Coinage of Ethelbald of Wessex. By H. Montagu, F.S.A. 132

Queen Anne's so-called "Bello et Pace" Farthing. By H.

Montagu, F.S.A.

139

Papal Medals of the Fifteenth Century. By the late Arch-

deacon Pownall, F.S.A.

160

Coinage of Elfwald II., A.D. 806-807. By Nathan Hey-

wood, Esq.

220

Dr. Hildebrand on the Earliest Scandinavian Coinage. By

C. F. Keary, M.A., F.S.A.

222

On Some Peculiar Mediaeval Milanese Types. By John G.

Hall, Esq.

237

English Personal Medals from 1760. By H. A. Grueber,

F.S.A.

243

Groats of the Second Coinage of Henry VII. By the Rev. G.

F. Crowther, M.A..

316

ORIENTAL NUMISMATICS.

Fastı Arabici. VI. By Stanley Lane-Poole, M.R.A.S.

324