72 accounts, etc., oe" the british museum. 



Department of Coins and Medals. 

 I. — Exhibitions. 



Electrotypes of English coins from the Commonwealth to 

 the present time, and of the whole series of Scottish and Irish 

 coins, have been mounted and placed on exhibition in the 

 corridor adjoining the Medal Room. 



A list of coins illustrating Biblical history has been drawn 

 up with a view to exhibition in electrotype. 



II. — Registration and Arrangement. 



1. Greek Series : — 



709 coins have been registered, and 422 incorporated. 



6 coins hitherto regarded as " Uncertain " have been 

 identified. 



Numerous series of coins have been examined, and selections, 

 where necessary, made for the Museum. Among these were 

 two parcels of coins from Thrace, one large series of Greek 

 Imperial coins from Smyrna, two series of Cilician coins, 

 three series from Persia, Mesopotamia, and Characene, and one 

 series from Syria and Palestine. 



The manuscript bibliography of Greek Numismatics has 

 been brought up to date. 



In preparation for the catalogues the following series have 

 been arranged in chronological order, and the specimens in 

 silver weighed : — 



Catalogue of Lydia : — Gordus lulia, Tralles (cistophori), 

 Tomaris, Tripolis. 



Catalogue of Cilicia, etc. : — Adana, Aegese, Alexandria ad 

 Issum, Anazarbus, Anemurium, Augusta, Casa, Celenderis, 

 Claudiopolis, Claudiopolis-Ninica, Colybrassus, Coracesium, 

 Corycus, Diocsesarea, Epiphanea, Flaviopolis, Germanicopolis, 

 Hieropolis, Holmi, lotape, Irenopolis, Issus, Laerte, Lyrbe, 

 Mallus. 



Catalogue of Persia, Parthia, Mesopota^nia: — Anthemusia, 

 Singara. 



A bibliography of the numismatics of Ancient Persia, 

 Parthia, and Mesopotamia has been prepared. 



The coins of Hadriani and Hadriania in Mysia, formerly 

 regarded as belonging to one city, have been separated. 



100 tickets referring to the Catalogue of Lycia, &c., have 

 been written and placed under the coins. 



Descriptive labels have been affixed to the trays containing 

 the series of Galatia, Cappadocia, and Syria. 



2. Roman Series : — 



183 coins recently acquired have been registered, and 343 

 incorporated. 



