92 ACCOUNTS, ETC., OF THE BRITISH MUSEUM. 



Department of Coins and Medals. 



I. — Registration and Arrangement. 



1. Greek Series : — 



389 coins, of various parts of the Greek world, recently 

 acquired, have been registered and incorporated. 



26 coins hitherto unattributed have been identified and 

 incorporated. 



The coins of the later Macedonian Kings (from Philip II.) 

 and those of Lysimachus have been expanded from five to eight 

 cabinets, in order to facilitate re-arrangement and future 

 incorporations. 



New heading-cards and labels have been inserted throughout 

 the Phoenician series. 



The series of forgeries of Greek coins has been expanded. 



The following collections have been examined, with a view 

 to making selections for the Museum : — Two large collections 

 of coins of Philip II., Alexander the Great, and later Macedonian 

 Kings, and three smaller series of the same class ; a large 

 collection of coins of Lysimachus ; two series of coins from 

 Cappadocia, and a large collection from Makri in Lycia. 



The MS. bibliography of numismatics has been continued 

 and brought up to date. 



A card-index of the types of Greek coins has been begun, 

 by mounting on cards photographs of the coins illustrated in 

 the Greek Coin Catalogues and other publications, and arranging 

 them under types. 



2. Rotnan and Byzantine Series : — 



37 coins recently acquired have been registered and 

 incorporated. 



12 coins hitherto unattributed have been identified and 

 incorporated. 



The following collections have been examined : — A series of 

 Roman coins from Silchester ; a hoard of silver siliquss of the 

 fourth century A.D., found many years ago between Bath and 

 Bristol; two collections belonging to the Museums of Lincoln 

 and Wells. 



19 Imperial denarii, Titus — Antoninus Pius and M. Aurelius 

 Caesar, found at Nottingham and sent as Treasure Trove to 

 H.M. Treasury, have been examined and reported upon. 



3. British and Colonial Series : — 



121 coins, medals, tokens and tickets, recently acquired, 

 have been registered and incorporated. 



3 coins hitherto unattributed have been identified and 

 incorporated. 



