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ACCOUNTS, &C,, OF THE BRITISH MUSEUM, 



The coins of the Crusaders and those of the Normans in Sicily and Apulia, and at 

 Amalfi, have been revised and in part re-arranged. 



Some coins formerly marked as uncertain, have been attributed to their proper places in 

 the series of Denmark, 



The series of Papal medals has been revised, the posthumous specimens having been 

 separated as far as possible from ihe contemporary, 



A collection of 300 coins of Germany and Switzerland, another of Italian and German 

 medals, and a descriptive catalogue of 1,201 Papal medals, have been examined with a 

 view to making selections for the British Museum. 



5. Oriental Series : — 



469 coins of various localities have been registered, and 444 have been incorporated. 



The whole class of the Indo-Scythic coins has been arranged in order previous to 

 cataloguing, and the specimens in gold have been weighed. 



102 coins have been weighed and measured for the catalogue of Persian coins. 



Numerous outside labels have been placed in the trays of the Oriental series 

 {Cabinets I.— VIII.) 



34 cards giving references to the catalogue of Oriental coins. Vol. I., have been written 

 and placed under the specimens. 



The coins of the Chinese series bave been transferred to more suitable cabinets, and 

 1,018 tickets have been written for the registration of the Morse Collection (2nd portion). 



A large collection of Oriental gold and silver coins, formerly the property of the ex- 

 Khedive Ismail Pasha, has been examined, and 167 specimens in gold and 286 in silver 

 have been selected to be submitted for purchase. 



A collection of Persian, Indian, and other Oriental coins has been examined. 



A portion of a hoard of gold and silver coins discovered at Broach in India, consisting 

 in the main of the currency of the Memluk Sultans of Egypt in the 13th and 14th 

 centuries, has been examined, and a selection made for the Museum. 



A collection consisting of 357 gold Oriental coins has also been examined, and a 

 selection has been made from it. 



Progress has been made with the arrangement and classification of the coins of the 

 India Office Collection, and 786 coins wanted for the British Museum have been selected 

 from the following classes : Greek, Parthian, early Hindu, Assam, Nepal, Cabul, Cash- 

 mere, Southern India and Ceylon, Pathans of Delhi and Bengal, Afghans, Moguls of 

 Delhi, &c. 







II. — A cquisitions, 



1883. 









Class. 



Gold 



and 



Electrum. 



Silver. 



Copper. 



Billon. 



Lead 



and White 



Metal. 



Glass. 



Total. 



Greek . - - - 



6 



52 



79 



2 





. 



139 



Roman . - . 



2 



2 



1 



- 



- 



- 



6 



Mediaeval and Modern - 



8 



87 



51 



11 



8 



- 



165 



English ... 



2 



68 



40 



2 



8 



- 



120 



Oriental ... 



42 



129 



4,643 



- 



5 



10 



4,829 



Total - - - 



60 



338 



4,814 



15 



21 



10 



5,258 



1. Greek Series: — 

 (Purchased). 



Remarkable Coins and Medals. 



A small gold coin of Panticapseum ; type, bow and arrow. 



A beautiful silver stater of Abdera, bearing a figure of Apollo accompanied by his 

 stag. 



A tetradrachm issued at Odessus,bearing the name and type of Alexander the Great, 

 but the portrait of Mithradates. 



Two didrachms of Thebes ; one bearing the type of a seated nymph, the other Herakles 

 stringing his bow. 



A very rare stater of Olus in Crete, with the head of Artemis Britomartis and the 

 figure of Zeus enthroned. 



A gold stater of Hhescuporis I. of Pontus, with the portrait of Tiberius. 



Two archaic electrum staters of Cyzicus, with the type of an armed head, perhaps of 

 Pallas. 



A very early coin of Cyrene ; type, blossoms of silphium arranged in a star. 



2. English 



