78 jtccounts, etc., of the british museum. 



Department of Coins and Medals. 



I, — Exhibitions. 

 A selection of electrotype^^ has been arrano-ed and placed 

 on exhibition in Case XVIII. in the Corridor, illustrating 

 the coinages of the various Muhammadan dynasties from the 

 7th century of the Christian era down to the present time. 

 It consists of representative coins of the Ommayad and 

 Abbasid Caliphs, of the Seljuks in Western Asia, of the 

 Othmanli Turks, of the Shahs of Persia, of the Moghul 

 Emperors of India, &c. 



IT. — Registration and Arrangement. 



1. Oreeh Series: — 



753 coins have been registered and incorporated. 



10 coins, hitherto classed as " uncertain," have been 

 identified and incorporated. 



The series of Phrygia has been re-arranged and expanded 

 to allow of fresh incorporations. 



Numerous re-attributions and re- arrangements have been 

 made in the series of Asia Minor in accordance with Imhoof- 

 Blumer's recently published work Kleinasiatische Munzen. 

 Rectifications have been made in the series of the Aegean 

 Islands and in those of Northern and Central Greece and 

 Athens. 



Additions have been made to the MS. bibliography of 

 Oreek Numismatics. 



The following collections have been examined, notes made 

 on important coins, and selections, where necessary, made for 

 the Museum : — (i) a large collection from Cyprus ; (ii) three 

 series of coins of Magna Graecia ; (iii) a series of coins of 

 Greece Proper and Asia Minor. 



In preparation for the catalogue of Cyprus, 136 coins 

 have been weighed, arranged, and described. Casts have 

 been made and arranged on 26 plates, and a table of the 

 Cypriote syllabary has been drawn up so far as it is 

 represented on the coinage. 



In preparation for the Catalogue of Phrygia, a provisional 

 list of the more important types on the quasi-autonomous 

 and imperial coins of the cities in Phrygia has been made. 



2. Roman Series : — 



276 coins have been registered and 316 incorporated. 



In preparation for the Catalogue of Roman Republican 

 coins the following coins have been weighed ; the gold, silver, 

 and bronze coins struck during the first century B.C., and 

 classed to Gaul ; 200 gold and silver coins attributed to the 

 East ; 100 consular coins, and also the coins of Augustus 

 struck in the East. 



