76 ACCOUNTS, ETC., OF THE BRITISH MUSEUM. 



Department of Coins and Medals. 

 I. — Exhibitions. 



Electrotypes of a representative series of English coins 

 from William the Conqueror to Charles I., inclusive, have 

 been mounted, and placed on exhibition in the corridor 

 adjoining the Medal Room. 



1,200 Descriptive Labels have been written for the exhibition 

 of English, Scottish, and Irish coins. 



II. — Registration and Arrangeiment. 

 1. Greek Series : — 



1,007 coins have been registered, and 1,498 incorporated. 



In accordance with recently published researches, rectifica- 

 tions have been made in various series of the coins of Asia 

 Minor, and the coins formerly given to Laodicea ad Libanum 

 have been transferred to Berytus. Nine silver coins have 

 been removed from Antioch in Syria and placed under their 

 proper mints. 



Five coins hitherto regarded as ''Uncertain" have been 

 identified. 



Numerous series of coins have been examined, and selec- 

 tions, where necessary, made for the Museum. Among these 

 series were the second portion of the Montagu collection, 

 various parcels of coins of Asia Minor and Syria, and several 

 hundred tetradrachms and drachms of Alexander the Great. 



Parts of the series of Thrace and Macedon have been 

 examined in answer to the queries of foreign scholars, and 

 casts have been supplied to the compilers of the Berlin 

 Corpus Numorum. 



The manuscript bibliography of Greek Numismatics has 

 been brought up to date. 



In preparation for the Catalogues the following series have 

 been arranged in chronological order, and the specimens in 

 silver weighed : — 



Catalogue of Galatia, Cappadocia, etc. : — Leucas, Chalcis 

 ad Libanum, Csesarea Panias, Gaba, Damascus, Canatha, 

 Antiochia ad Hippum, Dium, Philadelphia, Antiochia ad 

 Orontem. 



Catalogue of Lydia : — Acrasus, Aninetus, Apollonis, 

 Apollonos-Hieron, Attaleia, Aureliopolis, Bagis, Blaundus, 

 Briula, Caystriani, Upper and Lower Cilbiani, Clannuda, 

 Daldis, Dios-Hieron, Hermocapelia, Hierocsesarea, Hypsepa, 

 Hyrcanis, Julia Gordus, Mgeonia, Magnesia ad Sipylum, 

 Mastaura, Mostene, Nacrasa, Nysa, Philadelphia, Saitta, Sala 

 Domitianopolis, Sardes, Silandus, Stratonicea ad CaVcum, 

 Tabala, and Thyatira. 



Catalogue of Cilicia, etc. : — Barata, Dalisandus, Iconium, 

 Ilistra, Laranda, Lystra, ParlaVs, Savatra, in Lycaonia ; 

 and Carallia and Coropissus in Cilicia. 



