DEPARTMENT OF COINS AND MEDALS. 79 



In preparation for the Catalogue of Phrygia a working 

 map giving the ancient sites has been drawn. 



In preparation for the Catalogue of Cyprus and Phoenicia 

 a topographical and numismatic bibliography has been begun, 

 and a map of Cyprus has been drawn. 



A table giving the concordance between the years of the 

 Seleucid era and the years B.C. and A.D. has been drawn up 

 and mounted for use in the Department. 



2. .Roman Series : — 



585 coins have been registered, and 37 incorporated. 



A large series of Republican coins offered for purchase has 

 been examined, and a selection made for the Museum. 



The transference of the Roman coins earlier than 296 A.D. 

 to Greek-gauge cabinets has been carried back as far as 

 Claudius II. 



3. British and Colonial Series : — 



237 coins, medals, and tokens have been registered, and 187 

 incorporated. 



The coins of Henry I., and the Anglo-Gallic issues of 

 Edward III., and the Scottish Sacramental tokens have been 

 re-arranged in accordance with recent investigations, and 

 fresh heading cards written ; rectifications have also been 

 made in the collection of tickets and counters. 



A series of English leaden tokens and tickets has been 

 transferred from the Department of British and Mediaeval 

 Antiquities for incorporation with the similar objects in the 

 Department of Coins. 



4. Mediaeval and Modern Series : — 



320 coins and medals have been registered and 295 

 incorporated. 



The re-arrangement under artists' names of the Italian 

 Medals of the 1 5th century in five cabinets has been completed, 

 and a bibliography and a hand-list of the specimens have 

 been drawn up. The re-arrangement of the 16th century 

 medals on the same plan is in progress. 



The re-arrangement in new medal-cabinets of the Foreign 

 Personal Medals, formerly in King George III.'s Cabinet, has 

 been completed, and the lower portion of the same cabinet 

 cleared. 



A number of medals, chiefly German, have been transferred 

 from a miscellaneous cabinet to their proper places. 



The German Bracteates have been removed from the 

 General Collection and placed in a separate cabinet with 

 fresh heading-cards. 



