DEPARTMENT OF COINS AND MEDALS. 105 



The copper of the 1st, 2nd and 3rd centuries after Christ 

 has heen carefully examined and re-arranged, and the coinage 

 of the Constantinian period has also been re-arranged in the 

 light of modern researches, heading cards bearing the emperor's 

 name, types, mintmarks and— where possible — dates being 

 added. The Wigan collection of Roman brass has been 

 incorporated in the general collection. 



A beginning has been made with the examination and 

 arrangement of duplicates and of casts of coins not in the 

 British Museum, 



The coins found during various excavations at Wroxeter 

 have been looked through and identified and the same has been 

 done for two collections in the Gravesend and Southampton 

 Museums. 



A selection of Roman portraits on coins and medallions for 

 electrotyping has been made for the Departmental Exhibition, 

 and another for the Society of Roman Studies. 



A dealer's stock of 2nd brass has been inspected and a 

 selection made, and many sale catalogues British and foreign 

 have been examined with a view to acquisitions. 



The Bibliography of Roman Numismatics has been brought 

 up to date and progress has been made with the Card Index of 

 Coin-types. 



3. British and Colonial Series : — 



Six hundred and sixty-five coins, tokens and medals have 

 been registered and 680 incorporated, and 320 casts have been 

 incorporated in the collection of casts of coins not in the 

 British Museum. 



The coins of Edward I., II. and Henry III. and of Charles I. 

 have been re-arranged and expanded, additional heading cards 

 being inserted, while the whole series from Edward IV. to 

 Henry VII. has been arranged in more convenient cabinets. 

 The ordinary tokens and "'medley" tokens of Canada have 

 been re-arranged according to the general classification in use. 

 The English medals have been in part transferred into new 

 cardboard trays. 



A further examination of the Steppingley hoard of 

 Henry III. pennies has been made, and the collection 

 bequeathed by Caroline Lady Ramsay examined, while several 

 sale catalogues have been studied with a view to acquisitions. 

 A selection has also been made from a collection of Canadian 

 tokens oflered to the Museum. 



4. Mediaeval and Modern Series : — 



Four hundred and forty coins medals and jetons have been 

 registered and 576 incorporated. 



The collation of the proof sheets of H.M. the King of Italy's 

 Corpus of Italian coins with the British Museum Collection 

 has been continued and the series of Mantua has been expanded. 

 The Italian medals of the 15th and 16th centuries have been 



