DEPARTMENT OF COINS AND MEDALS. 7l 



Alinda, Amyzon, Antioch, Aphrodisias, Apollonia Salbace, 

 Cidramus, Euippe, Gordiu-teichos, Harpasa, Heraclea Salbace, 

 Hyllarima, Mylasa, Neapolis, Orthosia, Sebastopolis, Strato- 

 niceia, Tabae. 



The following series and collections have been examined, 

 and in most cases coins desirable for purchase by the Museum 

 have been selected : — A series of coins of Calchedon and 

 Methymna ; a small collection formed in Cappadocia ; two 

 series of Lycian and Cilician coins ; a series of the coins of 

 Asia and Syria ; several series of miscellaneous Greek coins. 



A collection of coins of Southern and South-Eastern Asia 

 Minor, brought home by Professor W. M. Ramsay and Mr. 

 Hogarth in 1891, has been examined. The most important 

 specimens have been identified and a selection has been made 

 for purchase by the Museum. 



2. Roman Series : 



5 gold and 4 bronze coins and 1 bronze medallion of the 

 Imperial series have been registered and incorporated. 



A selection of Republican denarii has been made for ex- 

 hibition in electrotype. 



3. English Series : — 



76 Anglo-Saxon and English coins have been registered and 

 95 have been incorporated ; 15 seventeenth century copper 

 tokens and 16 medals have been registered and incorporated, 

 and 8 copper tickets from the Freudenthal collection have 

 been incorporated. 



In preparation for the Catalogue of English Coins, Vol. II., 

 126 coins of Harold II. have been weighed and re-arranged, 

 and 20 plates of casts for the illustrations have been prepared. 



The series of metallic tickets, tokens, &e. in the Freuden- 

 thal collection has been transferred to more suitable cabinets. 



The Treasure Trove from Springwood, South Crossland, 

 Huddersfield, consisting of 83 silver coins of Mary, Philip and 

 Mary, Elizabeth, James I., and Charles I., has been examined, 

 and a small selection from it has been made. 



A descriptive list has been made of the English naval 

 medals in the British Museum issued after the year 1760. 



4. Mediaeval and Modern Series : — 



1 gold, 51 silver, and 3 copper coins of Europe and America; 

 and 1 silver and 1 copper medal have been registered and 

 incorporated. 



The collections of money-changers' weights have been 

 transferred to a new cabinet. 



An important collection of Merovingian and other gold 

 coins has been examined, with a view to its acquisition for 

 the British Museum. 



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