ACCOUNTS, &C. OF THE BRITISH MUSEUM. I9 



Kensington, and the United Service Institution, as well as with several private indi- 

 viduals. 



These exchanges have been carried out, by means of duplicates reserved for the 

 purpose, by the Christy Trustees. 



The Christy Collection is only open on Fridays ; there have been 755 visitors, being 

 202 in excess of the number during the previous year. 



Augustus W. Franks. 



Depaetment of Coins and Medals. 



I. Arrangement. 



1. Greek Series : — 



327 Greek autonomous and Imperial coins, acquired during 1869, have been registered 

 and incorporated. 



42 Greek autonomous and Imperial coins, acquired before 1869, have been registered 

 and incorporated. 



2,243 Greek autonomous and Imperial coins, acquired and registered before 1869, have 

 been incorporated. 



527 Greek autonomous and Imperial coins of Illyricum, Dyrrhachium, Epirus, and 

 Corcyra, from the Woodhouse Collection, have been registered. 



347 Greek autonomous and Imperial coins of Thessaly, Illyricum, Dyrrhachium, and 

 Epirus, from the Woodhouse Collection, have been incorporated. 



6,770 Greek Imperial coins have been incorporated with the general series, and 

 arranged under their several localities after the autonomous coins. 



677 Greek autonomous coins of Corcyra, of the Woodhouse Collection, have been 

 arranged according to their types. 



100 Greek autonomous coins of Dyrrhachium, of the Woodhouse Collection, have 

 been arranged. 



205 coins of Lysimachus have been arranged geographically, according to M. Miiller's 

 system. 



32 Cabinets of the Greek series have been provided with appropriate labels and 

 descriptive heading- cards. 



2. Roman Series ; — 



3,329 Consular coins have been indexed on slips. 



2,842 reference cards have been written for the Roman Imperial series. 



1,875 slips for the Imperial series have been written. 



108 coins have been registered and incorporated. 

 6,000 miscellaneous brass coins have been removed into larger cabinets, and labels have 

 been written for them. 



300 miscellaneous brass coins have been carefully examined. 



3. Mediaval and Modern Series : — 



304 mediaeval and modern coins and medals, acquired during the year 1869, have been 

 registered and incorporated. 



110 mediaeval and modern coins, acquired previously, have been registered and incor- 

 porated. 



49 mediaeval and modern medals, previously registered, have been incorporated. 

 1,788 medifeval and modern coins, being those of Portugal, Spain, and France, have 

 been described on slips. 



60 cards have been written, as titles, &c., for miscellaneous modern coins. 



4. English Series : — 



80 miscellaneous Anglo-Saxon and English coins, tokens, and medals have been 

 registered and incorporated. 



8 gold medals, acquired previously to 1869, have been registered. 

 165 miscellaneous English coins, being Treasure Trove from the Tower subway, and 

 from Farnham, Essex, have been carefully examined, and a few specimens set aside for the 

 National Collection. 



5. Oriental Series: — 



116 Perso-PhcEnician and Phoenician coins of Tyre, Sidon, Marathus, Aradus, and 

 Byblus, have been newly arranged with descriptive cards. 



25 miscellaneous Oriental coins have been registered^ and incorporated. 

 3 gold coins of Tipperah, have been catalogued and incorporated. 

 1 medal of China has been registered and incorporated. 

 500 Chinese coins have been carefully examined. 

 2,440, being the sum of various collections of Oriental coins, Georgian, Armenian, Hindu, 

 Arabic, &c., &c., have been carefully examined. 



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