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ACCOUNTS, ETC., OF THE BRITISH MUSEUM. 



5. Oriental Series : — 

 190 coins have been registered, and incorporated. 

 In accordance with recent researches, rectifications have 



been made in the following series : Ladakh, Bajrangarh, Saka 

 kings of India, Kushana kings of India, Indo-Parthian 

 dynasty, coinages imitated from the Gupta silver coinage, 

 the Indian and Singhalese series of the East India Company. 



36 hitherto uncertain Indian coins, and a large number of 

 coins of various local mints have been identified; the inscrip- 

 tions on the later coins of Kausambi have been read and the 

 series arranged accordingly. 



The re-arrangement and expansion into four cabinets of 

 the Bactrian and Graeco-Indian series, with fresh labels and 

 heading-cards, have been completed. 



Eighteen collections of Oriental coins have been examined, 

 important specimens noted, and selections, where necessary, 

 made for the Museum. 



A list of curious forms of money current in the Far East 

 has been drawn up with a view to an exhibition of 

 interesting specimens in the Corridor of the Medal Room. 



III. — Catalogues. 



Catalogue of Greek Coins, " Lydia," by B. V. Head. 



71 half-sheets ( = 568 pages) and 45 Autotype Plates have 

 been printed, and the volume has been issued. 



Guide to the Coins of the Ancients, by B. V. Head. 



300 copies of 70 Autotype Plates for the 25 shilling edition, 

 and 200 copies of 7 Autotype Plates for the half-crown 

 edition, have been re-printed. 



Departmental Guide. — A guide to the coins and medals 

 exhibited in the Department has been prepared and issued. 



IV. — Acquisitions. 



The total number of Coins and Medals added to the 

 Department during the year 1901 is 2,342, of which 62 are 

 of gold, 1165 of silver, 669 of bronze,land 446 of other metals. 



The following Table shows the number of the new acquisi- 

 tions classified according to the several series to which they 

 belong : — 



Glass. 



Gold. 



Silver. 



Bronze 



Mixed 



Metala, 



etc. 



Total. 



Greek .... 

 Roman ----.- 

 British and Colonial 

 Mediaeval and Modern - 

 Oriental . . . - 



38 



3 

 2 

 19 



411 



551 



87 



33 



83 



478 

 24 

 21 

 65 

 81 



142 



62 



232 



10 



1069 

 575 

 173 

 332 

 193 



Total - 



62 



1165 669 



446 



2342 



