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3. Mediaeval and Modern Series : — 



136 coins and medals of various counti-ies have been registered and 117 incorporated. 



3,303 copper coins and tokens of Italy, Greece, the Netherlands, Spain, Portugal, and 

 Russia, from the Freudenthal Collection, have been registered. 



The small silver coins of the Archbishops of Mainz have been examined, and references 

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



4. English Series : — 



. 46 coins and medals of various classes have been registered and incorporated. 



The nobles and divisions of the noble with the name of Henry have been separated by 

 types into thi-ee divisions, assigned respectively to Henry IV., Henry V., and Henry VI. 



The short-cross pennies with the name of Henry have been in like manner separated 

 into four classes, assigned respectively to Henry II., Richard I., John, and Henry III. 



The silver coinage of Henry VII. and Henry VIII. has also been re-arranged. 



The Irish coins of Edward I. have been transferred to the Irish series, and 31 Scottish 

 gold coins have been transferred from James II. of Scotland to James I. 



The coins of the East India Company have been transferred to the British Colonial 

 Cabinet, and the whole of the series of the British Colonies in Asia has been re-arranged, 

 the coins of several of the smaller Dependencies having been identified and separated. 



178 labels have been attached to the English gold coins exhibited in electrotype. 



The English medals from the beginning of the series to the year 1729 inclusive 

 (148 trays) have been re-arranged in fresh cabinets. 



5. Oriental Series: — 



453 coins have been registered and 524 incorporated. 



The coins of the Fatimees, 233 in number, have been weighed. 



Three new dynasties have been introduced into the series, viz. : the Aboo Daoodees, 

 the Teemoorees of Khorasan, and the Sheybanees. 



The coins of the foUovving dynasties have beeu re-arranged, and those of many new 

 kings, chiefly unknown to numismatic science, have been classed in them : — The 

 Teemoorees, the Janees, the Ghoorees of Feeroz Koh, and the Kings of Ghazneh. 



The coins of Akbar, Mogul Emperor of Dehli, have been re-arranged, so as to separate 

 those with the dates of the Hijreh from those with the dates of the Ilahee era. A coin of 

 Shah Shujaa, pretender to the throne of Dehli, the first known, has been discovered 

 among the uncertain and classed. 



The local coinages of various Indian towns and districts have been transferred to a fresh 

 cabinet, and new heading-cards have been written for them. 



Acquisitions, 1874. 



Class. 



Gold. 



Silver. 



Copper. 



Billon. 



Glass. 



Total. 



Greek _ _ - - 

 Roman - _ - - 

 Medieval and Modern 

 English - - - - 

 Oriental - - - - 



6 



160 



15 



4 

 18 



176 



84 

 73 



24 



77 



720 



12 



41 



9 



2 



2 

 12 



4 



86 



902 

 258 

 141 

 41 

 183 



Total - - - 



203 



434 784 



18 



86 



1,525 



Among the above acquisitions the most notable are the following : — 



a. Greek Series : — 



Six large pieces of Aes rude found at Ravenna, and two ingots, one of Asculum and 

 one of an uncertain city, together with a semis of a new type. 



An early didrachm of Pandosia in Southern Italy (plated). 



A unique copper coin of Acium in Sicily with the head of the river-god Acis, of the 

 best period of Greek art. 



Two tetradrachms of Agrigentum in fine condition, one with artist's signature. 



A very rare Siculo-Punic tetradrachm having the head of a bearded divinity. 



Nine rare silver coins of the Tauric Chersonese. 



A silver stater of Abdera in Thrace, of the yEginetan standard. 



A silver stater of Acanthus in Macedon, of the Asiatic standard, forming an important 

 link between the earlier and later coinage of that city. 



A fine silver stater of Chalcidice. 



A didrachm of Haliartus in Bceotla. 



A fine tetradrachm of Messenia, with the type of the national divinity Zeus Ithomates. 



A very rare silver stater of Cyzicus, of great beauty. 



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