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7. Kchibition. 



A selection o£ coins and medals illustrating the history of the 

 Netherlands and their relations with this country has been exhibited. 



8. Safely of the Collections. 



A large and representative selection of the more valuable coins 

 and medals in the collection has been removed to a place of greater 

 safety than the Medal Room for the period of the War. 



II. — Publications. 



1. Catalogue of Greeh Coins. 



Coins of Arabia, Mesopotamia, Sfc, by G. F. Hill. 



619 coins have been arranged and catalogued. The historical 

 introductions to the mints of Mesopotamia, Babylonia and Assyria 

 have been written, 



2. Catalogue of English Coins. 



Norman Kings, by G. C. Brooke. 



The text down to signature Bb has been passed for Press ; 

 the rest of the work, with the exception of the Indexes, is in type. 



3. Catalogue of Indian Coins. 



Hindu Coins, by J. Allan. 



491 coins have been arranged and catalogued. Classifications 

 have been worked out for the early anonymous cast bronze, and the 

 silver punch-marked coins. 



4. Medals. 



Select Italian Medals, by G. F. Hill. 



This portfolio, with 50 plates, has been completed and published. 



III. — Acquisitions. 



The total number of coins and medals added to the Department 

 during the year 1915 was 3,655, of which 253 were of gold, 2,763 

 of silver, 473 of 'bronze and 166 of other metals. 



The following table shows the numbers of the new acquisitions 

 classified according to the several series to which they belong : — 



Class. 



Gold. 



Silver. 



Bronze. 



Other 

 Metals. 



Total. 



Greek 



Roman 



British and Colonial . . . . 

 Meiiiseval and Modern 



Oriental 



Chinese 



8 



6 



177 



11 



51 



92 



34 



2,355 



97 



184 



1 



IIG 

 33 



201 

 70 

 53 



105 

 23 



38 



216 



73 



2,838 



201 



288 



39 



Total 



253 



2,763 



473 



166 



3,655 



