20 ACCOUNTS, &.C., OF THE BRITISH MUSEUM. 



Department of Coins and Medals. 

 I. — Arrangement. 



1. Greek Series : — 



Four new cabinets Lave been inserted. 



207 Greek coins, acquired during the year 1871, have been registered and incorpo- 

 rated. 



96 coins of Acarnania, from the Woodhouse Collection, have been registered, and 178 

 incorporated. 



From the same collection have also been registered and incorporated : — 

 93 coins of Northern Greece. 



182 coins of Attica and i's islands. 



292 coins of Achaia. 



203 coins of the Ionian Islands. 

 71 coins of the Peloponnesus. 



144- coins of the islands of the vEgeau. 



326 coins of Asia Minor, and the adjacent islands. 

 48 coins of Syria. 

 85 coins of Egypt and Africa. 

 37 coins of various places. 



156 pieces of the Aes grave of Central Italy have been transferred to their place in 

 the Greek series. 



821 coins of Athens, 227 of Leucas, 193 of ^gina, 518 of Corinth, 379 of the colonies 

 of Corinth, 277 of Sicyon, and 128 of Elis, have been re-arranged in accordance with 

 recent discoveries, or in a better manner, and new headings written. 



61 coins of Lucania, SO of Apulia, and 777 of Calabria, have been weighed and mea- 

 sured for the Catalogue of Greek coins. 



758 retrograde or archaic Greek letters, monograms, &c., have been drawn for the 

 same Catalogue. 



2. Roman Series: — 



13 Roman coins, including 11 brass medallions, and 3 Byzantine coins, acquired during 

 the year 1871, have been registered and incorporated. 



12 Imperial copper coins of the time of Constantine have been registered and incorpo- 

 rated. 



32 silver consular coins have been incorporated. 



80 leaden tickets, j^i'obably for seats at public games, have been registered. 



The separation of the Roman gold coins from the silver and third brass has been con- 

 tinued, by the addition of the earlier Imperial Class of gold coins to the Familj'^ Class, and 

 that of the Lower Empire. 



An Index to the coins in the Consular series, which are arranged chronologically 

 on Mommsen's system, has been nearly completed. 



413 Byzantine gold coins have been weighed, and 255 heading cards of the Roman 

 Series from Constantine I., to Romulus Augustulus, have been written. 



3. Mediaval and Modern Series : — 



75 Mediasval or modern coins, acquired during the year 1871, have been registered 

 and incorporated. 



55 German coins have been registered. 



Labels have been affixed to the doors of fourteen cabinets, stating tlie number of gold 

 coins to be found in each. Descriptive cards have also been written for these coins, 

 giving, where possible, references to standard numismatic works. 



4. EngJi^h Series ; — 



58 Saxon, English, and Colonial coins, acquired during the year 1871, have been re- 

 gistered and incorporated. 



440 English, 429 Irish, and 61 Scotch copper coins, and 35 copper coins of the Channel 

 Islands and the Isle of Man, from the Freudenthal Collection, have been registered and 

 incorporated. 



The whole class of Irish coins, 780 in number, has been removed from the English 

 series into a separate cabinet, and re-arranged according to the system of Dr. Aquilla 

 Smith. 



The photographs of war medals published by Captain Tupper have been compared with 

 the Museum Collection : a list has been drawn up, and cards of reference added in the 

 Museum cabinets. 



5. Oriental 



