DEPAETMENT OF COINS AND MEDALS. 85 



Department of Coins and Medals. 

 I. — Exhibitions. 



A selection of electrotypes illustrating the coinage of 

 ancient and medigeval India from the 4th century B.C. down 

 to the Muhammadan conquest in the first quarter of the 

 l]th century of the Christian era has been arranged and 

 placed on exhibition in Case XVII. in the Corridor. 



A series of English Accession and Coronation Medals from 

 Edward VI. to Victoria was temporarily placed on exhibition 

 in the King's Library. 



II. — Registration and Arrangement. 



1. Greek Series : — 



569 coins have been registered and incorporated. 



512 tickets giving references to the published volumes of 

 the Catalogues of Lycaonia and of Lyclia have been written 

 and placed beneath the coins. 



The coins of Amathus, Citium, and Salamis have been 

 weighed, arranged and described, in preparation for the 

 catalogue of Cyprus. 



The Departmental bibliography of Greek Numismatics has 

 been brought up to date. 



2. Ro7nan Series : — 



440 coins have been registered and incorporated. 



The transference of the Imperial coins to cabinets uniform 

 with those containing the Greek collections has been carried 

 back as far as the time of J. Mamaea. 



A hoard of Roman coins found in Greenwich Park has 

 been examined on behalf of H.M. Office of Works. 



3. British and Colonial Series : — - 



Seven medals have been registered and incorporated. 



An examination has been made of the large hoard of silver 

 coins discovered at Colchester in July 1902, and sent for 

 inspection as Treasure Trove by H.M. Treasury. The coins, 

 which number 10,926 specimens, consist mainly of ''short- 

 cross " pennies of Henry II., Richard I., John and Henry III., 

 together with Scottish coins of William the Lion, Irish coins 

 of John, and a few foreign deniers. A tabular statement as to 

 the hoard has been drawn up, and selections for the British 

 Museum and other public institutions have been made. 



A small hoard of coins of King Alfred found at Stamford 

 has also been examined as Treasure Trove. 



4. Mediaeval and Modern Series : — 



Four medals have been registered and incorporated. 

 The re-arrangement of the Italian medals of the 16th 

 century has been completed. The whole series has now been 



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