82 ACCOUNTS, ETC., OF THE BRITISH MUSEUM. 



Department of Coins and Medals. 

 I. — Exhibitions. 



A selection of electrotypes of coins illustrating the develop- 

 ment of Greek portraiture, and a selection illustrating the 

 money of the Bible, have been mounted and exhibited at 

 the entrance to the Medal Room, and 108 descriptive labels 

 have been written on copper and placed beneath the 

 specimens. 



Electrotypes of representative series of gold coins of the 

 western and eastern empires from Honorius to Manuel 

 Palaeologus, and of denarii of the Roman Republic have been 

 mounted and placed on exhibition in the corridor of the 

 Medal Room. 



IT. — Registration and Arrangement. 

 1. Greek Series : — 



937 coins have been registered, and 986 incorporated. 



14 coins hitherto regarded as uncertain have been placed 

 under Velia in S. Italy. The coins of pre-Imperial date 

 hitherto given to Apollonia ad Rhyndacum in Mysia have 

 been transferred to Apollonia in Thrace, in accordance with 

 recent discoveries. Rectifications have been made in the 

 series of Spain and Judaea in accordance with the most 

 recent works on these subjects. 



The coins of Persis, Elymais, and Characene have been 

 removed to a separate cabinet. 



The sulphur casts of the coins in the Hunter Collection at 

 Glasgow have been identified, and their re-arrangement in 

 accordance with the new catalogue of that collection has been 

 begun. 



The bronze coins of Lycia have been weighed for the 

 editors of the German Corpus of Greek Coins. 



Numerous series of coins have been examined and selections, 

 where necessary, made for the Museum. Among these were 

 two fine series of coins of various parts of the Greek world, 

 a large collection of Lydian coins, three series of Parthia 

 and Persis, and a series chiefly of Lesbos. 



The manuscript bibliography of Greek Numismatics has 

 been brought up to date. 



The work of writing tickets giving reference to the 

 published catalogues has been continued for the Catalogues 

 of Galatia, etc. (656 tickets) and Gilicia, etc. (122 tickets). 



In preparation for the Catalogue of Parthia the regal 

 series (Goterzes to Artavasdes) and the civic series have 

 been re-arranged, and 426 silver coins have been weighed. 



