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ACCOUNTS, &C., OF THE BRITISH MUSEUM. 



Department of Coins and Medals. 



I. — Arrangement. 



1. Greek Series : — 



131 coins of various classes and three pieces of Aes Grave have been registered and 

 incorporated. 



110 coins from the Wigan Collection have been registered and 211 incorporated. 

 127 coins from the Woodhouse Collection have been registered and 133 incorporated. 

 50 coins classed as uncertain have been attributed and placed in the general collection.^ 



2. Roman Series: — 



212 coins have been registered. 



56 coins from the Wigan Collection have been registered and 49 incorporated. 



The Koman Aes Grave has been weighed. 



The Koman gold coins, as far as Trajan, have been compared with Cohen's " Monnaies 

 Imperiales," and the corresponding descriptions marked in the copy of that book in the 

 library of the Department. 



3. MedicBval and Modern Series : — 



222 coins have been registered and incorporated. 



519 French and German (Nuremberg) jetons, selected from 1,082 offered for presenta- 

 tion by Mr. Franks, have been registered and incorporated. 



3,470 coins and jetons of France, Switzerland, Italy, &c., from the Freudenthal Col- 

 lection have been registered. 



The coins of the Visigothic kings of Spain, the billon and copper coins of the Arch- 

 bishops of Treves, and the gold coins in Cabinet xxxii. (Germany), have been examined, 

 and references given on their registration-cards to the works in which they are published. 



4. English Series : — 



66 coins and medals have been registered and incorporated. 



The coins of the Kings of Northumbriaand the Kings of Mercia have been re-arranged. 



The Dano-Irish coins have been re-arranged. 



The coins of Henry I., of Stephen, and of Henry II., have been re-arranged under 

 their places of mintage. 



The half-groats of Edward IV. have been weighed and those of the heavy coinage 

 separated. 



The English Colonial coins of America, Canada, the West Indies, Australia and New 

 Zealand, together with the coins of the Isle of Man and the Channel Islands, have been 

 re-arranged in a fresh cabinet. 



The English medals from 1730 to 1873 inclusive have been re-arranged in fresh 

 cabinets. 



5. Oriental Series : — 



752 coins have been registered- and incorporated. 



32 coins from the Zaba Collection have been registered. 



20 miscellaneous coins have been attributed and incorporated. 



92 glass coins or weights have been registered and incorporated. 



The coins of the following dynasties have been carefully examined and re-arranged : — 



The early Mohammedans, the 'Abbasees, the Amawees of Spain, the Benee Nasr, El- 

 Murablteen, the Shereefs of Morocco, the 'Ayyoobees, the Benee-Zenkee, the Soofees of 

 Persia, the Fatimees and the Seljookees. 



The coins of a new dynasty, the Kings of Ahar, have been separated and arranged, 

 and 11 coins have been transferred from the 'Abbasees to the Taherees, and 6 from the 

 Seljookees to the Saldookees. 



Acquisitions, 1873. 



Class. 



Gold. 



Silver. 



Copper. 



Billon. 



Glass. 



Total. 



Greek _ _ - - 

 Roman - _ - - 

 Mediaeval and Modern 

 English - - - - 

 Oriental - - - - 



4 

 1 



40 

 7 



13 



56 

 3 



173 



47 



123 



51 

 60 



821 

 20 



121 



2 

 6 



57 



Ill 



66 



1,040 



74 



314 



Total - - - 



65 



402 



1,073 



8 



57 



1,605 



Among 



