DEPARTMENT OF COtNS AND MEDALS. 81 



Department of Coins and Medals. 



I. — Registration and Arrangement. 



1. Greek Series : — 



341 coins, recently acquired, of various parts of the Greek 

 world have been registered and incorporated. 



359 tickets giving references to the Catalogue of the Coins 

 of Peloponnesus, have been written and placed in the trays 

 beneath the specimens. 



20 coins, hitherto classed as " Uncertain," have been identi- 

 fied. 



Several specimens have been incorporated in the Electro- 

 type cabinet, and a series of electrotypes and casts, reproduc- 

 ing most of the Cyzicene coins photographed in Greenwell's 

 Cyzicus, has been arranged in chronological order. 



A series of Greek, Roman, and Byzantine coins found 

 during excavations in Cyprus in 1890 has been examined. 



In preparation for the Catalogue of Mysia, the whole series 

 of the coins of that district has been re-arranged in chrono- 

 logical order. The specimens in gold, electrum, and silver 

 have been weighed, and coins desirable for illustrating the 

 Catalogue have been selected. 



The coins of Smyrna, Teos, Chios, and Samos, and the 

 early electrum of Ionia and Lydia, have been re-arranged, 

 and, where necessary, weighed. Casts have been made of all 

 the coins needed for illustrating the Catalogue of Ionia. 

 Rectifications and re-arrangements in accordance with recent 

 numismatic publications have been made in the following 

 series : — Eurydicea, Crete, Cyclades, Antandrus, Assus, 

 Gargara. Several collections of Greek coins offered for pur- 

 chase have been examined, as well as the sale catalogues of 

 the Photiades and Sim collections. Specimens desirable for 

 the Museum have been selected. 



2. Roman Series : — 



78 Roman and Byzantine coins from the India Office col- 

 lection have been registered and incorporated. 



24 coins of the Vandals, recently acquired, have been 

 registered and incorporated. 



3. English Series : — 



204 Anglo-Saxon and English coins, and 28 English medals 

 and tickets, have been registered and incorporated. 



More than 1,280 silver coins in the Anglo-Saxon series have 

 been weighed in preparation for the Catalogue of English 

 Coins, Volume II. 



The coins of Alfred and of Edward the Elder have been re- 

 arranged. 



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