ACCOUNTS, &C., OF THE BRITISH MUSEUM. 21 



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

 British Museum ; but it will probably have to be closed to the public in the course of the 

 year 1877, preparatory to commencing the removal of it to the British Museum. During 

 the year there have been 733 visitors. 



Augustus W Franks. 



Department of Coins and Medal8. 



I. — Arrangement. 



1. Greek Sericn : — 



(a) 132 coins acquired in the course of the year have been registered, ^ 

 442 coins acquired in the last three years have been incorporated in their places in 

 the series. 



(i) Re-arrangement, S)C. 



The autonomous coins of the Islands of Thrace, of Macedonia (cities and kings), and of 

 Pffiouia, have been re-arranged in chronological order, and heading-cards written. 



The provincial (Phoenician) coins of the Persian Empire have been weighed and 

 re-arranged. 



The series of Corinth and of Ephcsus have been re-arranged, and heading-cards 

 inserted bearing the names of the magistrates. 



The regal series of Syria, Egyjat, and Parthia have been studied and put in order with 

 a view to cataloguing. 



The coins of Imperial times struck in Thrace, Macedon, Lycia, Pamphylia, Phrygia, 

 and Commagene, have been i-evised, and heading-cards inserted bearing the names and 

 dates of the Emperors by whom they were respectively issued. 



2. Roman Series : — 



(a) Five coins, recently acquired, have been registered, and 11 have been incorporated. 



(i) Re-arrangement, §*c. 



The coins of the Consular series (silver and copper), which were struck at Rome between 

 B.C. 174 and B.C. 64, have been weighed and re-arranged for cataloguing. The arrange- 

 ment of these coins is chronological, and in this period is comprised the greater portion of 

 the copper coins of the nncial sei'ies, and of the semi-uncial series, which ceased for a 

 time in B.C. 82. 



3. English Scries : 



(a^ 153 coins acquired during the year have been registered and incorporated. 

 (5) Finds examined. 



A large collection of coins of Edward the Confessor, in the possession of E. H. Willett, 

 Esq., of Brighton (being part of a find called the " City Hoard") has been examined, and 

 139 coins selected for tlie National Collection. 



4. MedicEval and Modern Series : — 



(a) 347 coins of various classes, recently acquired, have been registered, and 271 in- 

 corporated. 



(Z>) Re-ai rangement , Sic. 



Various rectifications have been made in the series of Germany, the Netherlands, Bel- 

 gium, and Portugal, in accordance with the latest attributions. 



5. Oriental Series: — 



(a) 570 coins of various classes have been registered, and 571 have been incorporated. 

 693 coins from the Freudenthal Collection, chiefly of India, have been registered and 

 incorporated. 



(5.) Re-arrangement, Sfc. 



205 coins have been transferred from the cabinet of Unascertained Oriental coins to 

 their proper places in the collection. 



The coins of Armenia, Kabul, Kanooj, and of Tippoo Sultan, have been re-arranged, 

 with fresh heading-cards. 



A list of mints taken from Soret's " Kumismatlque Musulmane," but arranged under 

 the various dynasties, has been made, the number of dynasties included being 96. 

 l66. c .S 



