DEPARTMENT OF COINS AND MEDALS. 



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2. Catalogue of Roman Coins. 



Coins of the Early Roman Empire, by H. Mattingly. 



Four hundred and sixty coins have been weighed and 

 described. A close study has been made of the coinage of 

 Augustus, Nero, and Galba and his successors, with a view to 

 determining time and place of minting of vai'ious series. The 

 brass of the 1st century after Christ has been re-arranged ; a 

 classification of finds of Imperial coins has been begun, and a 

 rough draft of a section of the Introduction (on the period of 

 Galba) has been written. 



3. Catalogue of English Coins. 

 Coins of the Norman Kings, by G. C. Brooke. 



One hundred and twelve coins have been weighed and 

 described. Information about the provenance, history and 

 meaning of particular coins has been collected from various 

 sources, detailed notes on epigraphy have been made v/ith a 

 view to determining the order of types, the coins of the 

 Norman Kings have been carefully examined for evidence of 

 the methods of die-production then in use, progress has been 

 made with the attribution of irregular issues of Stephen, and 

 the Anglo-Saxon Laws and the Charters of William I. and II. 

 have been searched for information about coins. 



A large part of the Introduction has been written, including 

 the Sections on Finds and Epigraphy, and casts of PL I-LVI. 

 have been mounted. 



4. Catalogue of Oriental Coins. 



Coins of the Guptas, by J. Allan. 



The Introduction has been revised and continued, and 

 G24 tickets for the Catalogue have been written and placed 

 under coins. Sheets A-T have been passed for press, and of the 

 Introduction slips 1 to 30 are in type. The 24 Plates have been 

 passed for press. 



III. — A cquisitions. 



The total number of coins and medals added to the 

 Department during the year 1913 was 2,757, of which 97 were 

 gold, 1,717 of silver, 871 of bronze, and 72 of other metals. 



The following table shows the numbers of the new acqui- 

 sitions, classified according to the several series to which they 

 belong : — 



Class. 



Gold. 



Silver. 



Bronze. 



Other 

 Metals, 



etc. 



Total. 



Greek .... 

 Roman .... 

 British and Colonial 

 Mediseval and Modem 

 Oriental 



8 

 32 

 33 

 19 



(U3 

 37 

 460 

 236 

 371 



150 

 246 

 163 

 220 

 92 



3 

 37 



771 

 291 



692 

 516 



487 



Total 



97 



1,717 



871 



72 



2,757 



