DEPARTMENT OF COINS AND MEDALS. 



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Im2oerial Byzantine Coinage, by Warwick Wroth. 



The coins of Basil II. (a.d. 976) and his successors to 

 A.D. 1453 have been classified, weighed, and described. The 

 MS. has been revised with the coins from Anastasius I. to 

 Heraclius. Plaster-casts for Plates I.-XL. have been prepared 

 and mounted, and Plates I.-XI. have been sent to press. 



3. Catalogues of British Coins and Medals. 



• Medallic Illustrations of the History of Great Britain 

 and Ireland, by Hawkins, Franks, and Grueber. (Atlas of 

 plates with letterpress.) 



Part V. comprising Plates XLI.-L. has been prepared and 

 published. Progress has been made with the preparation of 

 Part VI. 



4. Catalogues of Oriental Coins. 



Indian Coins. — Andhras and Western Kshatrai^as, hy 

 E. J. Rapson. 



Signatures E, F, G have been passed for final press, and 

 23 blocks reproducing coin legends have been prepared. 



IV. — Acquisitions. 



The total number of coins and medals added to the 

 Department during the year 1906 was 7,074, of which 211 are 

 of gold, 2,115 of silver, 3,552 of bronze, and 1,196 of other 

 metals. 



The following table shows the numbers of the new acqui- 

 sitions classified according to the several series to which they 

 belong : — 



Class. 



Gold. 



Silver. 



Bronze. 



Other 



Metals, 

 &c. 



Total. 



Greek .... 

 Roman --..-- 



British and Colonial 



Mediaeval and Modern 



Oriental ... - 



18 



25 



2 



42 



124 



241 

 29 

 199 

 961 

 685 



368 

 168 

 769 

 2,054 

 193 



15 



81 



265 



770 



65 



642 



303 



1,235 



3,827 



1,067 



Total - 



211 



2,115 



3,552 



1,196 



7,074 



Of the above, 5,953 have been presented, viz., 108 of gold, 

 1,450 of silver, 3,203 of bronze, and 1,192 of other metals. 

 This very large number of presentations is due mainly to 

 the munificent gift of Frederick Parkes Weber, Esq., m.d. 

 (See below, page 96.) 



