DEPARTMENT OF COINS AND MEDALS. 93 



Department of Coins and Medals. 



I. — Registration and Arrangement. 



1. Greek Series : — 



Four hundi-ed and ninety coins of the Greek series, recently 

 acquired, have been registered and incorporated. Fifty-five 

 coins, previously classed as uncertain, have Leen identified and 

 incorporated in the collection. Four hundred and thirty-one 

 casts and electrotypes have been incorporated in the collection 

 of casts and electrotypes of coins not in the British Museum, 

 in addition to several hundred casts of coins of Palestine which 

 were obtained for study in connection with that volume of the 

 Catalogue of Greek coins. A beginning has been made in the 

 classification of Mionnet's miscellaneous sulphur casts. 



The coinages of the Ptolemies, of Palestine and of Gades 

 in Spain have been arranged, fresh heading cards inserted and 

 fresh labels written ; the cabinet of unidentified Greek coins 

 has been re-arranged in uniformity with the card-index of 

 types. Fresh heading cards have also been written and 

 inserted in the coinages of Calabria, Samos, Lucania, Caria, 

 Ionia, Pisidia, Cilicia, Lycaonia, &c., Galatia, &c., Cyrrhestica, 

 &c. The imperial series of Ionia has been specially studied 

 with reference to cultus-statues. 



The MS. Bibliography of Greek Numismatics has been 

 brought up to date ; progress has been made with the Card 

 Index of Coins arranged according to types ; a terminal index 

 of ethnics on Greek coins has been completed. 



Several collections of coins and Sale Catalogues have been 

 examined with a view to selection for purchase or donation. 



2. Roman and Byzantine Series ;— 



Ninety-six coins, recently acquired, have been registered 

 and incorporated. The collection of casts of coins not in the 

 British Museum has been increased and arranged on the system 

 of the coin collection. 



The series of gold coins from Hadrian to Komulus 

 Augustulus has been arranged in new cabinets and new- 

 heading cards written. The imperial series from Gallienus 

 to Diocletian has been re classified to facilitate reference, and 

 the series is being carefully studied with a view to a more 

 scientific arrangement in accordance with the mint-marks on 

 the coins. 



Collections have been examined and selections made with 

 a view to acquisition by purchase and donation. 



The Bibliography of Roman Numismatics has been brought 

 up to date. 



