80 ACCOUNTS, ETC., OF THE BRITISH MUSEUM. 



The work of writing and placing beneath the coins tickets 

 giving references to the published Catalogues of Greek Coins 

 has been continued, as follows: — Corinth, 83 tickets; Alex- 

 andria, 586 ; Attica, 555 ; Crete, &c., 622 ; Mysia, 741 ; 

 Pontus, 154; Ionia, 394 ; in all, 3,135 tickets. 



11 coins, hitherto classed as uncertain, have been identi- 

 fied. 



Rectifications have been made in the series of coins of the 

 Achaean league. A series of bronze coins of the Antonines, 

 formerly attributed to Csesarea in Cappadocia, has, on the 

 evidence of finds, been restored to Cyprus. The series for- 

 merly attributed to Niniva has, in accordance with an im- 

 portant discovery tnade by the late Monsieur W. H. 

 Waddington, been transferred to Claudiopolis Ninica in 

 Cilicia. 



The collection of electrotypes of rare coins not in the 

 Museum has been re-arranged in geographical order. 



The collection of sulphur casts illustrating Mionnet's 

 " Meclailles antiques " has been re-arranged, from the 

 beginning as far as the coins of Elis and Cephallenia (Vol. I. 

 and part of Vol. II.). 



The following collections, off'ered for purchase from various 

 sources, have been examined, and, where desirable, selections 

 have been made for the Museum : — A series of Corinthian 

 staters and tetradrachms of Alexander the Great, one of 

 Cretan coins, one of Cypriote coins, two of coins of Troas, 

 Aeolis, and Lesbos, one of Lycian and Cilician coins, and 

 14 of miscellaneous Greek coins, chiefly Imperial of Asia 

 Minor. 



A set of impressions of coins of Dacia and Moesia has been 

 made and sent to the Editor of the Berlin Corpus of Greek 

 Coins. 



In preparation for the Catalogues of Greek Coins, the work 

 of re-arranging the various series in chronological order, and of 

 weighing the specimens in gold, electrum, and silver, has pro- 

 ceeded as follows : — 



For the Catalogue of Troas, Aeolis, and Leshos : — The coins 

 of Abydos, Antissa, Boeone, Came, Cyme, Dardanus, Elsea, 

 Eresus, Grynium, Larissa, Metliymna, Myrina, Mytilene, 

 Neonteichos, Nesos, Pordosilene, Pyrrha, Temnos, Tenedos, 

 Tisna, and Zeleia. 



For the Catalogue of Caria : — The coins of Astja-a, Attuda, 

 Bargasa, Bargylia, Caunus, Ceramus, Chersonesus, Cnidus, 

 Cos, Euromus, Halicarnassus, lasus, Idyma, Myndus, Termera, 

 and Trapezopolis. 



For the Catalogue of Parthia : — The coins of Arsaces I., 

 Tiridates, and Artabanus I. 



In preparation for the illustration of the Catalogue of 

 Troas, c&c, casts of the more important coins have been made, 

 and the arrangement of the plates has been begun. 



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