68 accounts, etc., of the british museum. 



Department of Coins and Medals. 

 I. — Exhibitions. 



In preparation for the exhibition of a representative series 

 of Anglo-Saxon and English, etc. Coins, 528 electrotype 

 facsimiles have been arranged and mounted in chronological 

 order (in the window-cases), extending from the beginning 

 of the series down to the end of the reign of Queen Elizabeth. 



II. — Registration and Arrangement. 



1. Greek Series : — 



493 coins have been registered, and 15 incorporated. 



The coins of ancient Cyprus, of Barata in Lycaonia, and of 

 Hierocsesarea in Lydia, have been rearranged, in accordance 

 with the latest attributions ; the coins of Chalcis sub Libano 

 have been removed to Coele-Syria ; four coins, hitherto classed 

 as " uncertain of Peloponnesus," have been placed under 

 Colophon ; a series of tetradrachms has been transferred 

 from Antioch in Syria to the mints of Tyre, Sidon, etc. ; a 

 series of coins issued at Babylon by Alexander and his. 

 successors has been collected under that mint ; and the- 

 Imperial coins formerly ascribed to Epiphanea in Syria have 

 been removed to the Cilician town of the same name. 



The Greek coins in the Montagu Collection and in the two 

 portions of the Bunbury Collection, as well as a series of 

 Cypriote Coins, have been examined, and selections made for 

 the Museum. 



The series of Alexandria, of Perseus, King of Macedon, 

 and of the Kings of Thrace have been examined in answer to 

 the queries of various foreign scholars, and, where necessary, 

 casts have been supplied. 



The collection of sulphur-casts of coins of Phoenicia, 

 Alexandria, etc., illustrating the work of Mionnet, has been 

 incorporated w^ith the other casts, which are now arranged 

 in 14 cabinets. 



The manuscript bibliography of Greek Numismatics ha& 

 been brought up to date. 



In preparation for the Catalogue of the coins of Galatia, 

 Cappadocia, Syria, etc., the following series have been 

 arranged in chronological order, and the specimens in silver 

 weighed : — Chalcis, Palmyra, Antioch ad Orontem, Apamea, 

 Balanea, Emisa, Epiphanea, Larissa, Paltus, Rephanea, 

 Rhosus, Nicopolis, Gabala, Seieacia Seleucidis, Laodicea ad 

 Mare, Capitolias, Demetrias, and Heliopolis. 



Casts have been made for the illustration of the Catalogue 

 of Lycia, etc., and arranged on forty-three plates. 



2. Roman Series : — 



88 coins and medals have been registered and incorporated. 

 The series of silver coins from the beginning of the Empire 



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