94 ACCOUNTS, ETC., OF THE BRITISH MUSEUM, 



3. British and Colonial Series : — 



One thousand and seventy-one coins and medals, recently 

 acquired, have been registered and incorporated. 



A find of coins of Henry III. from Slype (West Flanders) 

 has been examined and described and a selection made for 

 purchase ; selections for purchase have also been made from 

 a hoard of pennies of Edward I. and 11. , found at Carsphairn 

 (Galloway) and from a hoard of sixteenth century Scottish 

 coins found at Ayr. 



Collections have been examined with a view to selection 

 for purchase by the British Museum. 



The series of tradesmen's tickets has been rc-arranged and 

 increased by a recent donation. 



4. Mediaeval and Modern Series : — 



One thousand three hundred and thirty-two coins and medals, 

 recently acquired, have been registered and incorporated. 



A large collection of European coins, chiefly of the Latin 

 East, has been examined, and a numerous selection made 

 which has been presented to the British Museum. Other 

 smaller collections have been examined with a view to 

 selection for acquisition by purchase or donation. 



The series of coins of the Dukes of Athens has been 

 expanded and new heading cards inserted. The transference 

 of the Italian medals of the Renaissance to cabinets of a new 

 pattern has been completed, and the series re-arranged and 

 freshly labelled. 



The Card Index of personal foreign medals has been com- 

 pleted, and an index of artists of this scries has been made. 



5. Oriental Series : — 



Three hundred and forty coins, recently acquired, have been 

 registered and incorporated. 



The series of the Sassanian kings of Persia has been 

 expanded. The coinages of the Indo-Greek and Kushan rulers 

 of India have been carefully studied and classified. A general 

 examination of the Oriental series has been made with a view 

 to making notes of coins at present unpublished. The arrange- 

 ment of the coins of the Mediaeval Mohammedan States and 

 of the Moghul Empire has been rectified, and new heading 

 cards inserted. The series of coins of the Shahs of Persia, 

 the Buwayhids, Ayyubids, Timurids and Shaybanids have 

 been re-arranged under mints and new and additional heading 

 cards written. 



Nev^r heading cards have been inserted in the Gupta series. 



Collections and Sale Catalogues have been examined and 

 selections made for acqitisition by purchase and donation. 



An exhibition was arranged of coins illustrating the history 

 of Persia on the occasion of the visit of the Persia Society to 

 the British Museum. 



