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covered near Patras. It is of unusual size, and in very fine conditiun. The countenance 

 has great beauty, and in the whoie motion of the figure there is a grace and charm which 

 show that it belongs to the best [icriod of Greek art. 



Sculpture from Ephesus. In the course of the present year Mr. Wood has completed 

 the excavation of the Odeum at Eiihesus on account of the Trustees, and has discovered the 

 lower half of a statue of the Emperor Commodus, in white marble, and a fair specimen of 

 Roman sculpture. From the inscription on the base of this figure, it must have been dedi- 

 cated in the lifetime of the Emperor Marcus Aurehus, and probably before b. c. 175, when 

 Commodus was associated with his father as emperor. 



The following presents have been received : — 



(I.) An ancient mural painting, representing the upper part of the figure of a youth play- 

 ing on the double fkite, life size. This is now cut off at the chest, but has probably been a 

 full length figure. Though a good deal retouched, this head is a very interesting specimen 

 of mural painting. The style is broad and effective, and tlie colouring harmonious. This 

 painting is said to have been found in an excavation near Rome; presented by Sir Matthew 

 White Ridley, Bart., m.p. 



(II.) The following objects have been presented by the Trustees under the will of the 

 late Henry Christy, Esq. : — 



■ A painted vase, of the kind called Kernus, from the Island of Milo (Melos). Thirty-two 

 painted Fictile vases and two terra-cotta figures, from Camirus. Four Greek painted 

 vases. Two terra-cotta vases. Two terra-cotta figures. A terra-cotta relief, representing 

 the head of Medusa. Three terra-cotta lamps. A terra-cotta pyxis. Two objects in 

 bronze. An antique plaster cast of a face. A string of amber beads, and some carvings in 

 the same material. A number of fragments of inlaid glass. Seven objects in bone or 

 ivory. Eight antique rings. Seven engraved stones. 



(III.) An early Athenian vase ; presented by Viscountess Strangford, 



(IV.) A casket of ivory and bone ; presented by the late Mrs. C. T. Newton. 



(V.) Three vases from Corinth; presented by Commander Balfour, r. n. 



(VI.) A small group, from Asia Minor, sculptured in white marble, representing Jupiter 

 holding an axe, between a male and female figure ; presented by T. F. Hughes, Esq., 

 Oriental Secretary at H. M. Embassy, Constantinople. 



(VII.) The half of a boar, an archaic carving in amber; presented by Augustus W. 

 Franks, Esq. 



a T. Newton. 



Department of Coins and Mebals. 

 . I. — Arrangement. 



1,016 Greek Autonomous and Imperial coins have been registered, and 548 incor- 

 porated. 



520 Greek coins, including some of the Seleucidae, have been re-arranged, and new and 

 descriptive cards have been written for them. 



1779 Greek Impeiial coins, being those of Roman Emperors ruling over Alexandria, 

 have been placed in three new cabinets. 



335 Greek coins, being a collection of coins of the Ptolemies, have been carefully 

 examined. 



1,500 miscellaneous Greek coins, collected by Mr. Pullan in the East, and 137 offered 

 at various times for sale, have been carefully examined. 



864 miscellaneous Roman coins, chiefly Imperial, have been registered. 



610 miscellanpous Roman coins have been incorporated. 



423 cards, with appropriate dates, have been written for Roman gold coins. 



450 new labels have been written for the Roman Consular series. 



500 Roman coins, being a miscellaneous collection of Third Brass, have been 

 examined. 



391 Roman coins, of the Second and Third Brass series, being treasure trove from 

 Falmouth, have been carefully examined. 



75 Roman coins, being First and Second Brass coins, belonging to the Earl of St. Germans, 

 have been carefully examined, and a portion selected for the National Collection. 



The study and new chronological arrangement of the Consular series, has been 

 continued. 



The study of the more ancient Copper Roman coins has been commenced. 



The sale Catalogue of the celebrated Collection of M. Dupre has been minutely 

 examined. 



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