78 ACCOUNTS, ETC., OF THE BRITISH MUSEUM. 



Department of Coins and Medals. 

 I. — Exhibitions. 



A selection of electrotypes illustrating the development 

 of the Roman bronze coinage {Aes signatum, aes grave, the 

 As and its several reductions) from the 4th century to 

 88 B.C., has been arranged and placed on exhibition in Case IX 

 in the Corridor. 



Electrotypes of the finest Roman Imperial bronze medallions 

 and sestertii from Julius Csesar to Constantius Gallus 

 A.D. 354 have also been mounted and placed on exhibition in 

 Cases XIY-XVI. 



Anglo-Saxon coins illustrating the age of Alfred the Great 

 were temporarily exhibited in connection with the Alfred 

 Millenary celebration. 



II. — Registration and Arrangement. 

 1. Greek Series : — 

 1,108 coins have been registered and incorporated. 



The re-arrangement of the sulphur casts of coins in the 

 Hunter Collection has been carried as far as Thessaly, and a 

 hand-list has been drawn up giving references to the first 

 volume of the recently published catalogue of that collection. 



The following series have been examined, and casts made 

 and supplied to foreign scholars : the Ptolemaic Kings of 

 Egypt ; Aradus and Berytus ; Colophon ; the Kings of the 

 Cimmerian Bosporus ; coins with the portraits of Cleopatra ; 

 the Alliance Coins of cities in Asia Minor. 



Numerous collections of coins have been examined, and 

 selections, where necessary, made for the Museum. Among 

 these were twelve large series of coins of various cities of 

 Asia Minor ; a series from Cyzicus ; a series of Phoenician 

 coins ; two series of Alexandria ; an important find of 

 Himyarite coins from Aden ; and a very large collection of 

 Gaulish coins. 



The departmental bibliography of Greek Numismatics, 

 compiled from numismatic, archaeological and historical 

 publications, 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. (785 tickets, completing the volume) and 

 Gilicia, etc. (568 tickets). 



In preparation for the Catalogue of Parthia the regal coins 

 from Tiridates I. to Mithradates III. have been studied and 

 re-arranged (see Numismatic Chronicle, 1900, pp. 181-202) 

 and 163 silver coins have been weighed. 



