90 ACCOUNTS, ETC., OF THE BRITISH MUSEUM. 



The proof-sheets of the Corpus Num7norur,i Ttalicorum, 

 Vol. II., which has been issued by H.M. the King of Italy, have 

 been read and collated with the coins in the British Museum. 



5. Oriental Series : — 



90 coins, recently acquired, have been registered and 

 incorporated. 



A list of the coins of the State of Oudh in the British 

 Museum has been compiled for the Bengal Asiatic Society. 



Notes have been made of unpublished coins in the series of 

 the Sultans of Delhi. 



The series of coins procured by the Stein expedition in 

 Khotan have been examined and identified. 



A minute examination was made of the Pathan and Moghul 

 coins in the Bleazby Collection, which were compared piece by 

 piece with those in the Museum previous to its presentation by 

 Mr. Henry Van den Bergh (see also Acquisitions, Oriental 

 Series). 



A large collection of coins of Afghanistan, the Sikh Empire, 

 and Kashmir has been examined with a view to its acquisition 

 in the future. 



The collection of Indian coins in the Imperial Institute has 

 been arranged. 



A selection of representative coins in the Bleazby Collection 

 presented by Mr. Henry Van den Bergh has been made and 

 placed on exhibition in the corridor of the Medal Room. 



II. — Catalogues. 

 1. Catalogues of Greek Coins. 



Coins of Philip II., Alexander the Great, and later 

 Macedonian Kings, by Warwick Wroth. 



In preparation for this work a preliminary re-arrangement 

 of the coins of Philip II. and Alexander the Great was made. 

 The coinages of the later Kings, including those of Lysimachus 

 of Thrace were also re-arranged and those of Antigonus and 

 Demetrius Poliorcetes have been described. 



(On account of the death of Mr. Warwick Wroth further 

 progress with this work is at present in abeyance.) 



Coins of Palestine (Galilaea, Samaritis, and Judaea), by 

 G. F. Hill. 

 The description of the Civic Coinages for this volume, which 

 are arranged under the various Cities at which they were 

 struck, has been completed ; and an introduction to each mint 

 has been written. The series of Philisto-Arabian and Egypto- 

 Arabian coins have also been described and the introduction 

 written. The cataloguing of the Maccabsean coins has been 

 begun. 



