'88 ACCOUNTS, ETC., OF THE BRITISH MUSEUM. 



2-37 Portuguese coins from the Freudenthal collection 

 have been incorporated. 



The Renaissance portrait-medals of French, Flemish, and 

 Dutch origin have been separated from the general series of 

 Personal medals and arranged in a new cabinet. The French 

 medals have been arranged in order of artists' names, and 

 progress has been made with the hand-list of medals of the 

 16th and I7th centuries. 



A collection of the coins of the Princes of Achaia has been 

 examined and a selection made. 



The collection of Dr. F. Parkes Weber (see infra under 

 "IV. Acquisitions") has been examined, and 5,-551 pieces 

 selected from it as desirable for the Museum have been 

 presented by Dr. Weber. 



A MS. index has been begun of the principal coin- 

 inscriptions recorded in the Traite de Numismatique of 

 Engel and Serrure. 



5. Oriental Series : — 



302 coins recently acquired have been registered and 

 incorporated. 



1,122 coins from the Cunningham collection and 299 from 

 the Bank of England Collection have been registered and 

 incorporated. 



Three series of coins from Persia have been examined and 

 selections made. 



The series of the Moghul Emperors of Delhi has been 

 expanded. 



New descriptive labels and heading-cards have been 

 written for a portion of the Oriental collection, and an index 

 to the 64 cabinets containing the collection (exclusive of the 

 Far East series) has been prepared. 



III. — Catalogues. 



1. Catalogues of Greek Coins. 

 Coins of Phrygia, by Barclay V. Head. 



This volume has been completed and published. 



Coins of Phoenicia, by G. F. Hilh 



The coins of Berytus, Carne, and Marathus have been 

 weighed, arranged, and described, and portions of the 

 Introduction have been written. 



2. Catalogues of Roman Coins. 

 Roman Republican Coins, by H. A. Grueber. 

 Signatures Z — 30 have been passed for press, and 



Plates XXXVI. -LIV. have been photographed. 



