94 ACCOUNTS, ETC., OF THE BRITISH MUSEUM. 



The Italian medals of the sixteenth century have been 

 transferred to new cabinets with fresh heading-cards and 

 labels. Several rectifications have been made in the course 

 of this transference. 



The medals of Italian States later than 1600 have 

 been removed from the King's Cabinet and arranged with 

 heading-cards and labels in a new cabinet. 



5. Oriental Series : — 



432 coins recently acquired have been registered and 

 incorporated. 



29 lead coins of the period of the Andhras, belonging to 

 some dynasty as yet unidentified, have been for the first time 

 deciphered and arranged under the names of two kings. 



Numerous collections have been examined, and where 

 desirable selections for the Museum have been made. Among 

 these collections were : — -Several parcels of Oriental coins 

 forwarded by the Superintendent of the Imperial Gazetteer 

 of Baluchistan and the Hon. Secretary of the Asiatic Society 

 of Bengal ; a large collection of coins of the Mongols of 

 Persia and other Mohammedan dynasties of Persia and 

 Transoxiana (over 160 selected) ; a collection of ancient coins 

 of S. India (96 lead and copper Andhra coins selected) ; 

 a small collection of Parthian and Sassanian coins formed in 

 Persia. 



A number of" rare gold coins of the Gupta series, belonging 

 to the Indian Museum, Calcutta, have been examined, and 

 casts and descriptions made. 



III. — Catalogues. 



1. Catalogues of Greek Coins. 



Coins of Phrygia, by B. V. Head. 



The MS. of the text of this volume has been completed and 

 passed for press, amounting to 429 pages, and Plates I. — XLII. 

 have been photographed. 



Coins of Phoenicia, by G. F. Hill. 



The coins of Aradus have been weighed, described, and 

 classified in chronological order, and the portion of the 

 historical and numismatic Introduction relating to this city 

 has been written. 



2. Catalogues of Roman Coins. 



Roman Republican Coins, by H. A. Grueber. 



Signatures B-X (= 160 pages) have been passed for press, 

 and Plates I.-XXXV- have been photographed. 



