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greater part of the purchase price of these pieces was contributed by the 

 Goldsmiths' Company, and the remainder by the National Art-Collec- 

 tions Fund, H. Van den Bergh, Esq., and C. S. Gulbenkian, Esq. Other 

 acquisitions included an unique electrum stater of Ionia, of the seventh 

 century B.C. ; another, equally unique and of the same period, of Lydia 

 or Miletus ; 16 gold coins of Carthage ; 36 gold coins of Alexander and 

 his successors ; a fine tetradrachm of Lj^simachus, and a number of 

 Oriental coins. 



The principal publications issued during the year were as follows : — 



British Museum Quarterly, 4 parts. 



Reproductions from Illuminated MSS., 4th series. 



Six early printed Maps, exhibited on the occasion of the Inter- 

 national Geographical Congress. 



Four manuscript Maps of Great Britain, designed by Matthew 



Paris, exhibited on the same occasion. 

 Supplementary Catalogue of Sanskrit, Pali, and Prakrit Books. 

 Royal Inscriptions from Ur ; text and plates. 

 Corpus Vasorum Antiquorum, fasc. 4. 

 Marbles and Bronzes, new edition. 



Catalogue of Greek Sculpture, new edition, vol. I, part 1. 

 Catalogue of Silver Plate in the Franks Bequest. 

 Guide to the Department of Greek and Roman Antiquities. 

 Guide to Diirer Exhibition. 



Reproduction of Chinese paint mg, 'Mistress and Maid'. 

 Two reproductions in colour from illuminated MSS. 

 Postcards in colour : 



Islamic Pottery. 



Indian Paintings. 



Greek Red-figured Vases. 



Aspects of Mediaeval Life. 



Miniatures of Saints. 

 Postcards in monochrome : 



Drawings, Engravings and Woodcuts by Albrecht Diirer, 3 sets. 



Drawings and Etchings by Rembrandt, 2 sets. 



F. G. KENYON, 

 Director and Principal Librarian. 



British Museum 

 1 April 1929. 



