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



Bragge, Esq. ; ancient Mexican mask of green quartz, with hieroglyphs on the back, 

 from A. W. Franks, Esq. 



(c.) South America. — Head dress of a chief of the Jaguellones Indians, Upper Orinoco, 

 from his Excellency the Hon. Sir Arthur Gordon, k.c.m.g. ; Peruvian gold ornament, 

 in the shape of a human figure, and gourd mate pot, with tube, from Paraguay, from 

 A. W. Franks, Esq. 



The Trustees of the Christy Collection have likewise purchased, from funds at their 

 disposal, an extensive series of Prehistoric antiquities and Ethnographical specimens, 

 selected from the collection of the Rev. W. Sparrow Simpson, d.d., which have been 

 transferred as additions to the Collection. 



Among them may be noticed, drift implements from the Thames and other parts of 

 England ; st'jne and bone implements found in England and Ireland, and from various 

 parts of the Continent; numerous specimens from the South Seas, including a rare wooden 

 gorget from Easter Island, with a line of hieroglyphs engraved upon it; a good series of 

 stone implements found in the mounds of Florida, and numerous other specimens. 



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

 British Museum. During the year there have been 668 visitors. 



Augustus W. Franks. 



Department of Coins and Medal8. 



I. — Arrangement. 



1. Greek Series: — ■ 



(a) 603 coins of various classes have been registered and 357 incorporated. 



(5) Re-arrangement, S^c. 



The silver coins of the Tauric Chersonese, Moesia, Sinope, Calchedon, and Heraolea, 

 have been weighed and re-arranged according to the monetary systems which they 

 follow. 



The silver coinage of Macedonia has been investigated, and certain coins have been 

 attributed to the Pangaean tribes, the Orrescii and Odomanti. The silver coins of the 

 Euboean cities, Carystus, Chalcis, Eretria, and Histlaea, have been weighed and re- 

 arranged, as far as possible, in chronological order. 



90 coins have been removed from among the uncertain, attributed, and placed in their 

 proper position in the series. 



The Imperial series of Magnesia, Miletus, Phocaea, Smyrna, Teos, the Islands of Ionia, 

 and Caria have been arranged, and heading-cards bearing the names of Imperial persons 

 have been inserted. 



(c) Duplicates. 



The duplicates of the Tauric Chersonese, Sarmatia, Dacia, Moesia Superior, and 

 Thracia, from Abdera to Bizya (alphabetical arrangement) have been set aside. 



2. Roman Series: — 



(a) 54 coins of various classes and two coin-moulds have been registered, and 327 coins 

 and two coin-moulds have been incorporated. 



{b) Re-arrangement. 



The following coins have been re-arranged, viz., the Campanian series, the libral, 

 semi-libral, quadrantal, sextantal, and uncial series of Rome and Italy, and also the 

 Roman consular silver coinage. This arrangement is chronological, and has been made 

 preparatory to proceeding with the cataloguing of the Roman series. 



The later portion of the consular gold series, as well as the gold coinage of Augustus, 

 has been re-arranged geographically and chronologically, according to the system of the 

 late Count de Salis. Similar work has also been carried out in the arrano;ement of the 

 coins classed under Britain and Gaul. 



3. Mediaval and Modern Series : — 



(a) 60 coins and medals purchased within the year have been registered and 59 in- 

 corporated; 476 coins from the Freudenthal Collection have been registered. 



(6) Re-arrangement, &;c. 



The whole of the German series, as well as the series of the Netherlands, the Dutch 

 Colonies, and Belgium, has been revised, the geographical arrangement has been more 

 fully carried put, 50 misplaced coins in the German series have been transferred to then- 

 proper 



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