DEPARTMENT OF COINS AND MEDALS. 87 



Department of Coins and Medals. 



I. — Exhibitions. 

 The naval medals shown in the King's Library in 

 connection with the Nelson Centenary Exhibition have been 

 replaced in the cabinets in the Medal Room. 



IT. — Registration and Arrangement. 

 ■ 1. Greek Series : — 



321 coins, recently acquired, and 12 coins from the 

 Parkes Weber collection have been registered and incor- 

 porated ; 1,245 tickets giving references to the Catalogue 

 Parthia have been written and placed beneath the coins. 

 Three series of Phoenician coins have been examined, and 

 selections have been made for the Museum. The MS. 

 catalogue of a large collection of Phoenician coins, formed at 

 Beyrout, has been examined. Additions have been made to 

 the MS. bibliography of Greek numismatics. 



Rectifications and re-arrangements, in accordance with 

 recent literature, have been made in the following series : — 

 Terina ; Characene ; Persis ; Elymais (Susiana); coins of 

 Athenian and Macedonian types of Indian provenance. The 

 Phoenician series in the Berlin Museum and other collections 

 have been examined and noted in preparation for the 

 Catalogue Phoenicia. 



2. Roiinan and Byzantine Series : — 



137 Roman and Byzantine coins recently acquired have 

 been registered and incorporated. 58 Byzantine coins 

 from the Parkes Weber collection have been registered and 

 incorporated. 



A hoard of Roman silver coins of the 4th century A.D., 

 discovered at Grovely Wood, Wilton, Salisbury, has been 

 examined and a selection from it made. A small hoard of 

 early Roman Imperial denarii found near Scott Lane, 

 Sheffield, has been examined and reported on to H.M. 

 Treasury. 



A collection of Byzantine coins sent from Germany has 

 been examined, and a selection has been made. 



3. British and Colonial Series : — 



248 coins and medals have been registered and 

 incorporated. The Anglo-Gallic series has been partially 

 re-arranged. The English medals struck betwee 1831-1837 

 have been re-arranged and placed in new cabinets, and the 

 medals of Societies have been transferred to a separate 

 cabinet. 



4. Mediceval and Modern Series : — 



470 coins and medals recently acquired have been regis- 

 tered and incorporated. 



99 coins from the Parkes Weber collection have been 

 registered and 82 incorporated. 



