22 ACCOUNTS, &,C. OF THE BRITISH MUSEX3 



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Several very fine stone implements found in Cumberland, and some miscellaneous 

 ethnographical specimens, obtained at the sale of the Crosthwaite Museum at Keswick. 



The Christy Collection is open on Fridays by means of tickets, to be obtained at the 

 British Museum. It was unavoidably closed for seven weeks in September and October. 

 There have been, notwithstanding, 749 visitors, being nearly the same number as in the 

 year 1869. 



Augustus W. Franks. 



Depabtment of Coins and Medals. 



I. Arrangement. 



The General Collection and the Bank Collection have been carefully examined, tray by 

 tray, and a detailed Inventory made, specifying the number of gold coins and medals of 

 each series, class, and sub-class, and the cabinets and ti'ays in which they are to be found. 



1. Greek Sei'ies : — 



183 coins, acquired during the year 1870, have been registered and incorporated. 



152 coins of Akarnania and Leukas, of the Woodhouse Collection, have been arranged 

 for registration. 



,82 of these coins have been regibtered. 



486 coins of Corcyra, of the Woodhouse Collection, have been registered. 



732 coins of Corcyra, of the Woodhouse Collection, have been incorporated. 



417 coins of Spain, Gaul, Italy, and Sicily, of the Blacas Collection, have been 

 incorporated. 



82 coins of Sicily, purchased of Professor Salinas of Palermo, have been incor- 

 porated. 



251 electrum and gold coins of Mysia, Troas, jEolis, Ionia, Caria, and the adjacent 

 islands, have been arranged according to their several systems and denominations, in 

 accordance with the researches of Mommsen and Brandis. 



154 pieces of the aes grave of Central Italy, principally of Latium, have been weighed 

 and measured. 



262 coins of Campania have been weighed. 



403 coins of Campania have been measured. 



2. Roman Series : — 



153 Roman coins, acquired during the year 1870, have been registered and incor- 

 porated. 



5,322 identifying cards have been written for the Imperial class, with, where possible, 

 references to Cohen's Monnaies Imperiales, and in other cases descriptions of the coins. 



The Eoman gold coins of the Family Class have been re-arranged alphabetically. 



The Roman gold coins of the Imperial class, from Augustus to Romulus Augustulus, 

 have been re-arranged chronologically. 



A Hand catalogue of the Roman gold coins of the Imperial class from Constantius I. to 

 Romulus Augiistulus has been made ; and the weights from Constantius I. to Constantine 

 II. have been ascertained. 



3. MedicEval and Modern Series : — 



119 mediaeval and modern coins and medals, acquired during the year 1870, have been 

 registered and incorporated, 



643 German thalers of various states have been re-arranged, and cards have been 

 placed beneath them bearing references to the works in which they are engraved. 



Labels have been fixed to the doors of eight cabinets stating the number of gold coins 

 contained in each. 



4. English Series : — 



218 miscellaneous Anglo-Saxon and English coins and medals, acquired during the 

 year 1870, have been registered and incorporated. 



5. Oriental Series : — 



873 coins have been selected from the Zaba Collection. 



The whole of the Oriental Series contained in 32 cabinets, has been removed from the 

 Keeper's Study into the Medal Room. 



II. — Acquisitions 



