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ACCOUNTS, ESTIMATES, &C. OP THE BRITISH MUSEUM. 



443 Oriental coins of the Moghul Emperors of India, 340 of tlie Omtniade Dynasty, and 

 557 of the Abbasside Dynasty have been re-arranged, with new descriptive cards. 



2,692 coins have been prepared for registration, 3,390 registered, 2,542 catalogued, 2,818 

 incorpoiated, and 7,027 type impressions of coins have been cleaned and moused. 



During the year several Collections of much interest have been brought to the Museum, 

 and the coins required have been selected and purchased. Of these, the most important 

 have been one of Greek coins, collected by Mr. Borrell, and another of Russian coins 

 collected by Mr. Eastwood. 



II. — Acquisitions. 



The following table shows the number and classification of the coins and medals pro- 

 cured during the year 1863 : — 





Gold. 



Silver. 



Copper. 



Total. 







Greek - _ _ _ 



9 



106 



80 



195 



Roman - - - - 



85 



9 



17 



111 



Mediaeval and Modern 



70 



254 



189 



513 



Oriental - - - - 



1 



2 



4 



7 



Total - - - 



165 



371 



290 



826 



Of these acquisitions, the following have been received as presents : — 



A token of Melbourne, Australia, from Charles Forlonge, Esq. 



Two medals of the International Exhibition of 1862, from the Commissioners of the 

 Exhibition. 



A rare token struck at Bedford in 1659, from James Wyatt, Esq. 



Three gold coins of Claudius and Nero; and one Venetian sequin, part of a hoard 

 discovered in India, from Mrs. Majoribanks. 



Two copper coins, struck in India by Mr. Bushby, as Lieutenant Governor of the North- 

 West Provinces, from the Rev. Assheton Pownall. 



A medal given by the Pope to General Lamoriciere's brigade, from Algernon Lempriere, 

 Esq. 



A medal of Dr. and Mrs. J. E. Gray, from Dr. J. E. Gray. 



A dollar current in the island of Formosa, from R. Swinhoe, Esq., Her Majesty's Consul, 

 Formosa. 



Seven modern coins, from the Earl of Enniskillen. 



Eight modern coins, from Miss Bennett. 



37 gold. 76 silver, and three copper coins, collected in different parts of South America, 

 from the Hon. Robert Marsham. 



28 silver, and 28 copper medals of various distinguished foreigners, from J. F. de Sahs, 

 Esq. 



A medal of Henry Ballam, Esq., from Sir John Boileau, Bart., on the part of the Committee 

 of the Hallam Testimonial Fund. 



Two medals commemorating the thousandth year of the existence of the Russian 

 Empire, from J. Deacon, Esq. 



A very rare and cuiious silver coin of the Emperor Frederick II., a.d., 1152-1190, 

 struck in imitation of the pennies of Henry II. of England, from Lieutenant Colonel 

 Caldwell. 



A gulden of Deventer, a.d., 1693, from R. Nunns, Esq. 



The following coins may be specified as remarkable additions to the Cabinets of the 

 Museum : — 



In the Greek series : a rare didrachm of Thebes in Bceotia ; a very rare tetradrachm of 

 Messene ; a fine tetradrachm of Cldos ; and veiy rare tetradrachms of lalysus and Lindus, 

 in Rhodes: all from the Ivanoff collection. Another very rare tetradrachm of lalysus; 

 and two copper coins of Tiryns, a place hitherto unrepresented in the Museum Cabinets; 

 a fine didrachm of Ptolemy V., and a large number of coins of the Ptolemaic series, most 

 of them in excellent preservation. 



In the Roman Series: a rare aureus of Eugenius ; a i-are solidus of Libius Severiis; 

 a fine solidus of Constantine T.; and several tremisses of the time of Justinian I. 



In the Mediaeval and Modern Series : a rare sequin of Hugo Lubens de Verdalle, Grand 

 Master of Malta, a.d., 1582-95. A large gold coin of Sigismund IIL, King of Poland. 



A rare 



