30 accounts, &c., of the british museum. 



Department of Coins and Medals. 



I. — Arrangement. 



1. Greek Series: — 



213 coins of various parts of the Greek world, lately acquired, have been registered, 

 and 208 incorporated. 



259 coins from the Bank Collection, of Thrace, Pamphylia, Pisidia, Cilicia, Lydia, and 

 Phrygia, have been incorporated. 



481 cards have been written giving references to the published Guide to the principal 

 gold and silver coins of the Ancients, and placed under the respective coins to which they 

 appertain. 



The coins of Boeotia and Euboea have been weighed and arranged in chronological 

 order with a view to cataloguing. The coins of Crete have been arranged under periods. 



A list, with weights, of the ancient silver coins of Spain has been drawn up. 



2. Roman Series: — 



53 coins, lately acquired, have been registered, and 57 coins have been incorporated. 



The coins of the late and uncertain Mints of the Imperial series have been transferred 

 to a fresh cabinet, and new heading-cards have been written. 



Rectifications have been made in the Oscan series, in accordance with the most recent 

 authorities. 



66 tickets, giving references to the Catalogue of Roman Medallions, have been 

 written and placed under the specimens. 



3. English Series : — 



159 coins, medals, and tokens, chiefly acquired during the year, have been registered, 

 and 158 incorporated. 



192 coins and medals from the Bank Collection have been registered, and 430 

 incorporated. 



661 coins, tokens, and tickets, from the Freudenthal Collection, have been registered. 



The English tickets from the Freudenthal Collection have been removed to a fresh 

 cabinet. 



4. Mediaeval and Modem Series : — 



172 coins, acquired during the years 1880 and 1881, have been registered, and 117 

 have been incorporated. 



61 coins and medals from the Bank Collection have been registered, and 908 have been 

 incorporated. 



245 coins from the Freudenthal Collection have been registered. 



875 duplicates, of metal value only, have been sold. 



The following series have been revised and in part re-arranged : — Germany (small coins), 

 France, Belgium, Netherlands. 



93 electrotypes of Italian medals in lead, have been numbered to correspond with the 

 Guide to Italian Medals. 



5. Oriental Series: — 



945 coins, acquired during the past and previous years, have been registered and 1,394 

 have been incorporated. 



The Turkish and Persian series have been arranged, previous to cataloguing, and the 

 arrangement of the coins of the Pathan Kings of Delhi has been revised. 



The following series have been transferred to more suitable cabinets, and fresh labels 

 and heading-cards have been written where necessary: — 'Abbasees (copper), Amawees of 

 Spain, Seljuks of Persia, Fatimees, Ayyoobees, Moguls of Persia, Murabits, Muwahhids, 



Benee Hafs, Benee Mereen, Benee Ziy4n, Shereefs of Morocco, Persian (copper). 



The uncertain and duplicate coins contained in cabinets i.-v. and vli. of the Oriental 

 Series have been arranged and transferred to separate cabinets. The specimens not 

 represented in the Museum have been marked in the catalogue of the Siouffi Collection. 



The Tamba and Gardner Collections of Japanese and Chinese coins have been 

 examined. 



