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ACCOUNTS, &C., OF THE BRITISH MUSEUM. 



The large coins {thaler size) throughout the whole Mediaeval and Modern Series have 

 been examined with a view to making a selection for exhibition, and the specimens suit- 

 able for this purpose have been marked by cards placed beneath them. 



Finds or collections of coins of the following series have been examined for the purpose 

 of selecting specimens desirable for the National Collection : — Danish coins, or coins 

 current in Denmark in the eleventh century ; Crusaders and Kings of Antioch ; German 

 Mediaeval silver; gold florins of Florence of the fourteenth century. 



4. Oriental Series: — 



241 coins of various dynasties and localities have been registered, and 115 have been 

 incorporated. 



5,658 Chinese coins have been registered and incorporated. 



365 Indo-Greek coins, from the India Office Collection, have been incorporated. 



151 Parthian, Sassanian, and Arabic copies of Sassaiiian coins, from the same collection, 

 have been registered and incorporated. 



Nuiiicrous outside labels have been placed in the trays of the Oriental Series. 

 (Cabinets IX-XI, XVII.) 



The following collections have been examined and selections made for the Museum : — 

 The Subhi Collection ; a large series of coins of the Patau and Moghul Emperors of Delhi 

 and of subsidiary dynasties ; a cabinet of Indian and Persian coins ; a collection of all 

 classes of Oriental coins belonging to Mr. Alexander Grant; and a collection of Persian 

 coins. 



II. — Acquisitions, 1884. 



' lass. 



Gold 



and 



Electrum. 



Silver. 



Copper. 



Billon. 



Lead 



and White 



Metal. 



Glass. 



Total. 



Greek - - - - 



4 



64 



63 



4 







135 



Roman ... 



- 



- 



3 



- 



- 



- 



3 



Mediaeval and Modern - 



6 



22 



34 



3 





- 



65 



English _ . - 



2 



£8 



183 



- 



1 



- 



214 



Oriental 



219 



376 



2,542 



- 



- 



- 



3,137 



Total - - - 



Q3 1 



490 



2,825 



7 



1 



- 



3,554 



Remarkable Coins and Medals. 



1, Greek Series; — 

 (Purchased.) 



A small gold coin of Tarentum ; type, young Herakles. 



An unpublished obol of Cierium in Thessaly ; type, warrior chai'ging. 



An unpublished bronze coin of Phaloria in Thessaly. 



Early didrachm and drachm of Eretria in Eubrea, in remarkably fine preservation ; and 

 a beautiful stater of Elis. 



A silver stater of Priansus ; type, a goddess caressing a serjient, and a stater of Phaes- 

 tus ; type, Europa and the Bull. 



A bronze coin of Ilium with a representation of Dardanus, seated. 



A selection of 32 Cistophori, some rare, of the Roman province of Asia. 



An unpublished gold didrachm issued by Seleucus I, bearing a portrait of Alexander 

 the Great in elephant's skin. 



A beautiful gold stater of Antiochus II, and a silver tetradrachm of Antiochus XI, 

 bearing the title Philadelphus instead of Epipiianes. 



Two didrachms of Philoxenus, Graeco-Indian King, and two of Menander; all very 

 rare. 



An electrum coin, perhaps of Cyrene, bearing a floral device. 



A silver coin, probably of Aegina ; types, on one side, a tortoise, on the other, a triquetra 

 of human leers. 



2. Eixglish Series : — 



(Presented.) 



The Prince Consort Medal (1845); Ptoyal Society's Medal (1838); Institute of 

 Architects Medal, (1887); Female School of Art Medal, (1867); the school medals of 

 the " Conway " and " Worcester," and medals of Rugby, Wellington, and Winchester 

 Schools. 



Presented by Her Majesty the Queen. 



3. Oriental 



