74 ACCOUNTS, ETC., OF THE BRITISH MUSEUM. 



Department of Coins and Medals. 



I. — Registration and Arrangement. 



1. Greek Series. 



Two thousand seven hundred and fifty-seven coins of various 

 parts of the Greek world, recently acquired, have been registered, 

 and two thousand seven hundred and twenty-nine incorporated, 

 while thirty-six coins hitherto classed as uncertain have been 

 identified and incorporated in the general series. 



Eleven pieces have been added to the collection of forgeries. 



Owing to these large additions, two cabinets have been inserted 

 in the series of European Greece and Asia Minor, and the coins 

 have been re-spaced in the trays throughout the major part of the 

 collection. This has necessitated the renumbering of most of the 

 trays and the correction of the labels attached to the outside of 

 the cabinets, which task is now nearly completed. 



The substitution of the new for the old pattern glass trays has 

 been continued. 



The provenance of the electrum coinage assigned to Ionia in 

 the collection has been examined and, where ascertainable, noted 

 in the trays. 



The treatment and cleaning of sick and dirty coins has been 

 undertaken with the assistance of the scientific adviser to the 

 Museum, and good results have been obtained. 



The following collections have been examined and a selection 

 made for purchase : [a) Two dealers' stocks of Worth African 

 coins; (6) a collection made in the Troad, another made in the 

 Black Sea area, and another made during the war in the Levant ; 

 (c) various Sale Catalogues, British and Continental. 



Many small parcels of coins submitted for identification by 

 private individuals, and in some cases by local Museums, have 

 been dealt with. 



A Hand-list has been compiled of all available Sale Cata- 

 logues, with notes as to their relative utility as material for study. 

 The bibliography has been kept up to date. 



Several selections of casts have been made for foreign scholars. 



2. Roman and Byzantine Series. 



Five hundred and sixty coins have been registered and incor- 

 porated. 



All issues of Hadrian and the second brass issues of the period 

 from Trajan Decius to Carus have been rearranged, while con- 

 siderable progress has been made with the classification of the 

 billon issues of the 3rd century after Christ, according to mints. 

 The arrangement of the issues of the period 395-476 a.d. has been 

 checked in the light of recent research. 



