ACCOUNTS, ESTIMATES, ^C. OF THE BRITISH MUSEUM. 



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Depaetment of Coins and Medals. 



I. Arrangement. 



1. Greek Series: — 



960 Greek autonomous and Imperial coins have been registered. 

 849 Greek autonomous and Imperial coins have been incorporated. 

 3,334 Imperial Greek coins have been incorporated in the general series. 

 2,000 autonomous coins of the Macedonian series have been examined and re-arranced, 

 with appropriate descriptive cards. 



190 autonomous coins of Syrtica,'Byzacene, Zeugitana, Numidia, and Mauritania have 

 been examined and re-arranged, with appropriate descriptive cards. 

 400 coins of the Ptolemies have been re-arranged. 



2. Roman Series; — 



2,229 coins of the Blacas Collection have been registered and incorporated. 

 225 miscellaneous Roman coins have been registered and incorporated. 

 500 outside labels have been written for twenty cabinets of Roman coins. 



54 outside labels have been written for the large brass cabinets. 

 500 large brass Roman coins, a collection made by Admiral W. H. Smyth, and 

 recently preserved at Hartwell House, have been carefully examined, and those have 

 been selected which are required for the National Collection. 



3. MedicBval and Modern : 



283 miscellaneous coins have been registered. 

 149 miscellaneons coins have been incorporated. 



4. English Series : 



The Anglo-Saxon Sceattse bearing Runic legends have been newly examined, their 

 legends deciphered, and new and appropriate cards placed under them. 

 44 Anglo-Saxon and English coins have been registered. 

 29 Anglo-Saxon and English coins have been incorporated. 



5. Oriental Series : 



122 miscellaneous coins of Bengal have been catalogued. 

 86 miscellaneous coins of Bengal have been incorporated. 



33 local Indian coins of Nagpur, Haiderabad, &c., &c., have been catalogued and 

 incorporated. 



4,000 miscellaneous Oriental coins, being those of the collections made by the late 

 Sir Herbert Edwardes, General Malcolm, General Van Courtland, M. Zaba, and others, 

 have been carefully examined, and the coins required for the National Collection have 

 been set aside. 



6. Gems and Pastes : 



An inventory has been made of 475 gems of the Blacas Collection. 



An inventory has been made of the Pulszky gems. 



An inventory has been made of 1,066 miscellaneous pastes. 



II. — Acquisitions. 



The following Coins and Medals have been added to the National Collection during the 

 past year: — 





Gold. 



Silver. 



Copper. 



Total. 







Greek - _ - - 

 Roman - _ - - 

 Mediajval and Modern 

 English _ - - - 

 Oriental - - - - 



2 

 21 

 26 

 16 

 20 



40 



134 



70 



14 



182 



119 

 62 

 85 

 25 



431 



161 

 217 

 181 

 55 

 633 



Total - - - 



85 



440 



722 



1,247 



211. 



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