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3. British and Colonial Series : — 



90 coins and medals recently acquired have been registered 

 and incorporated. 



Two uncertain medalets have been identified. 



A table of the English coinage from the advent of the 

 English to the time of Eadgar has been drawn up and 

 mounted. 



170 tickets have been written giving references to the 

 " Medallic Illustrations of the History of Great Britain and 

 Ireland," and placed beneath the medals. 



A selection has been made, for purposes of illustration, of 

 the English medals struck by Nicolas Briot. 



The British Colonial coins formerly exhibited in the North 

 Gallery have been returned to their cabinets. 



A large series of pennies of William I and II, and a hoard 

 of gold nobles and half-nobles of Henry IV-VI and Edward 

 IV, discovered in France, have been examined, and selections 

 made for the Museum. 



4. Mediaeval and Modern Series :— 



44 coins and medals recently acquired have been registered 

 and incorporated. 



The series of sketches of devices on German coins has been 

 arranged and mounted. 



A series of coins of the Byzantine Emperors (a.d. 744-814), 

 of the Lombard and Frankish Kings and of the Dukes of 

 Beneventum has been selected for purposes of illustration. 



Several collections have been examined, and where neces- 

 sary selections made for the Museum ; among these were two 

 series of Continental and Mediaeval coins, a set of medals by 

 Wiener, series of Ragusa and the Netherlands, and a number 

 of coins belonging to the Cape Town Museum. 



' 5. Oriental Series : — 



397 coins recently acquired have been registered and 

 incorporated. 



In accordance with the most recent researches, rectifications 

 (with fresh labels and heading- cards) have been made in the 

 following series : — the coins of the Native States of ancient 

 India, bearing inscriptions in both Brahmi and KharoshthT 

 characters ; miscellaneous coins of ancient and mediaeval 

 Indian States ; series of Indian local coins derived from the 

 Moghul coinage ; cast coins of ancient India ; coins of the 

 satraps of Mathura, the Western Ksatrapas and Andhras ; 

 coins of Sassanian derivation struck in N.W. India and Baj- 

 putana ; the Gupta series ; the silver coins of Valabhi ; the 

 Kings of Mabar ; various Muhammadan series ; Assam ; the 

 Malay Peninsula; Sumatra; and the East India Company. 



