DEPARTMENT OF COINS AND MEDALS. 



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Department of Coins and Medals. 



I. — Registration and Arrangement. 

 1. The registration and incorporation o£ recent acquisitions has 



proceeded as follows 



— 













Greek. 



Roman. 



British. 



Mediseval, 

 &c. 



Oriental, 

 4c. 



Kegistered 



Incorporated 



115 

 32 



8 

 1 



146 



77 



577 

 364 



21 



7 



2. Eleven collections of coins and medals submitted for examina- 

 tion by their owners have been examined. 



The bibliographies of Greek and Roman Numismatics, and of 

 General Numismatic Subjects, have been kept up to date. Progress 

 has also been made with the card-index of Greek coin-types. The 

 Alexandrine coins of Cyprus have been brought together and re- 

 arranged in accordance with recent research. 



3. The re-cataloguing of the Departmental Library of numismatic 

 works has proceeded. 



4. The exhibitions have been withdrawn, and about five-sixths 

 of the whole collection have been placed in greater security for the 

 period of the War. In order to maintain access to the objects thus 

 removed, lists have been drawn up of the cabinets with reference to 

 their new positions, so that in the majority of cases the removal of 

 the coins has not hindered the work of answering enquiries, or of 

 supplying casts for the illustration of serious numismatic publications. 



11. — Publications. 



1. Catalogue of Greek Coins. 



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



The coins of Elymais and Susiana (289 in number) have been 

 weighed and catalogued ; and the historical introduction to the 

 coinage of the Persian Empire, and part of that to the coinage of 

 Elymais and Susiana, have been written. 



27 plates of casts for illustration have been prepared. 



2. Catalogue of J^nglish Coins. 



Norman Kings, by G. C. Brooke. 



This work, in two volumes, has been completed and published. 



Ill, — Acquisitions. 



The total number of coins and medals added to the Department 

 during the year 1916 was 834, of which 13 were of gold, 249 of 

 silver, 341 of bronze or copper, and 231 of other materials. 



