28 ACCOUNTS, ESTIMATES, &C. OF THE BRITISH MUSEUM. 



2. Roman Series : — 



155 gold coins and 450 Denarii of the Blacas collection have been arranged and 

 classified, 



350 miscellaneous Blacas Roman coins have been prepared for registration. 



1,100 coins (chiefly Billon) of the Emperor Probus have been arranged anew, with 

 new descriptive cards where requisite. 



The Ms Grave of the Blacas collection, also of Rome and of the adjacent provinces 

 (in the general collection), has been arranged, with new descriptive cards where 

 requisite. 



A detailed list of the whole Consular series has been commenced. 



93 coins of the First, Second, and Third brass, belonging to the Bank collection, 81 

 JEs Grave, and 45 gold coins of the Blacas collection, have been registered. 



173 ^s Grave of the Sambon collection, also 25 Ms Grave, and 111 gold coins of the 

 Blacas collection, have been incorporated. 



87 miscellaneous -^s Grave have been carefully examined, and those required for the 

 National collection have been set aside. 



3. Mediaval and Modern : 



363 miscellaneous mediseval and modern coins have been made out for registration, and 

 arranged. 



2 cabinets of German coins have been transferred to new cabinets, to obtain greater 

 space for incorporation. 



40 permanent labels have been written for temporary ones. 



203 miscellaneous mediseval and modern coins of various classes have been registered. 



53 Russian coins, and 20 coins of the Netherlands, have been registered. 



307 miscellaneous mediaeval and modern coins, 492 copper tokens of the United States, 

 and 57 coins of Bishops of Liege and Utrecht, have been incorporated. 



160 rare Russian medals have been carefully examined. 



4. Saxon and English : 



2,748 Saxon coins, and 779, being chiefly short-cross coins of Henry II. and III., have 

 been newly arranged. 



640 coins of Edward the Confessor have been arranged under the several mints where 

 they have been struck. 



707 coins of Henry II. and III. have been placed in new cabinets. 



72 coins of Henry IV., V., VI., have been arranged, with fresh cards where 

 required. 



682 Saxon coins of Edward the Confessor, and 78 miscellaneous English coins, have 

 been registered. 



682 Saxon coins of Edward the Confessor, and 54 miscellaneous English coins have been 

 incorporated. 



1,730 Saxon coins, chiefly from the Chancton Find, and 2,160 English coins, chiefly from 

 the Stamford Find, have been examined. 



5. Oriental : 



24 Turkish coins have been registered ; 24 Turkish coins have been incorporated ; 800 

 Chinese, Japanese, and Siamese coins have been examined, and those required for the 

 National collection have been set aside. 



133 rare Bengal Muhammedan coins; 120 coins of Nagpur and Hyderabad in the 

 Deccan ; 980 Chinese and Japanese coins ; and 3,000 miscellaneous Oriental coins of all 

 classes, have been examined. 



6. Gems and Pastes : 



335 slips have been written for the Catalogue of gems from the Blacas collection, 



223 labels have been written for the gems of the Blacas collection. 



440 antique pastes in the general collection have been examined and catalogued, 



87 gems from the Cracherode Collection have been newly arranged. 



555 gems from various collections have been sorted and arranged in trays. 



774 descriptive cards have been written for miscellaneous gems of the National col- 

 lection. 



The whole of the references to Van Loon in the " Numismata Britannica " have been 

 identified. 



II. — Acquisitions. 



