DEPARTMENT OF COINS AND MEDALS. 87 



Department of Coins and Medals. 



T. — Registration and Arrangement. 



1. Greek Series : — 



1047 coins, of various parts of the Greek world, recently 

 acquired, have been registered and incorporated. 



Rectifications have been made in the series of the coins of 

 ancient Spain, and the series of Elymais has been expanded, 

 with fresh heading-cards. 



The series of the coins struck by Alexander the Great, or in 

 his name by his successors, have been rearranged so as to 

 -bring all the Alexandrine coinages together. 



A number of plaster casts, including some of coins in foreign 

 sales, have been incorporated in the collection of casts and 

 electrotypes. 



Eight series of miscellaneous Greek coins and several sale- 

 catalogues have been examined and selections made for the 

 Museum. 



The MS. bibliography of numismatics has been continued 

 and brought up to date. 



The Indices of magistrates' names on autonomous and 

 Imperial Greek coins in various volumes of the printed cata- 

 logue have been combined, and mounted in two volumes to 

 facilitate reference. 



2. Roman and Byzantine Series : — 



640 coins recently acquired have been registered and 

 incorporated. 



A hoard of 199 Roman silver and base metal denarii, chiefly 

 of the 1st and 2nd centuries A.D., found on Shard End Farm, 

 Castle Bromwich, and declared to be treasure-trove, has 

 been examined and a selection from it made for the Museum. 

 Rectifications have been made in the coinage of the Emperor 

 Zeno. 



1427 tickets referring to the Catalogue of Imperial Byzantine 

 coins have been written and placed beneath the coins, completing 

 the work. 



3. British and Colonial Series : — 



460 coins, medals, tokens and tickets, recently acquired, 

 have been registered and incorporated. 



The series of the coins of William I., William II., Henry I., 

 Stephen and Henry II. have been expanded and rearranged, with 

 new heading-cards. A list has been drawn up of the types, 

 mints and moneyers of these reigns and references inserted 

 in the trays to specimens not represented in the Museum 

 collection. 



