3S 



ACCOUNTS, &C., OF THE BRITISH MUSEUM. 



have been made in the series of Dombes, Orange, Fosdinovo, and 



The gold iiorins of Florence have been expanded in consequence of the acquisition 

 ) new varieties beai-ing the arms or badges of the Mint- Masters; the names and dates of tl 



Rectifications 

 Denmark. 



. . . ^ „. . . " ; ■ of 



40 new varieties beai-ing the arms or badges of the Mint- Masters; the names and dates of the 

 Mint-Masters have been identified and written on cards placed before each coin in the series, 

 A collection of medals sent by M. Sanibon from Rome has been examined. 



5. Oriental Series: — 



1,230 gold, silver, and copper coins of various Muhamraadan dj'nasties of Persia, and of 

 the Muhammedan and Hindu states of India, &c., have been registered, and 779 have 

 been incorporated. 



1,400 Chinese coins have been registered and incorporated. 



354 Indo-Greek, Nepalese, Assamese, &c., coins, from the India Office Collection, have 

 been registered, and 120 have been incorporated. 



The Diirani coins of Al'ghanistan have been in part re-arranged and fresh headitiii;-cards 

 have been written. 



The coins of Nepal and of Burma have been arranged in chronological order, and 

 heading-cards inserted with the names of the kings, &c. 



The gold and silver Muhammedan coins of Persia from the reign of Tahmnsp II. to 

 Kerim Khan have been weighed and measured for the Catalogue of Persian Coins, and 

 nine plates of casts have been prepared to illustrate the same work. 



The following collections have been examined, selections being made from them for the 

 Museum : — Two large collections of Muhammedan coins of India, in gold, silver and 

 copper; a series of coins of Southern India, belonging to Sir V\^a,lter Elliot, K.c.s.i. 

 (casts have been taken of all the specimens and those in gold have been weighed) ; an 

 extensive series of uold and silver coins of the Amawees and Abbasees. 



II. — Acquisitions, 1885. 



Class. 



Gold 



and 



Electrum. 



Silver. 



Copper. 



Billon. 



Lead 



and Wliite 



Metal. 



Glass. 



TOTAI,. 



Greek - . - - 



5 



179 



£41 









245 



Roman ... 



1 



- 



16 



- 



- 



- 



17 



Mediaeval and Modern - 



44 



65 



13 



- 



1 



- 



123 



English ... 



11 



J! 8 



33 



1 



- 



- 



83 



Oiiental 



108 



453 



275 



- 



- 



52 



888 



Total - - - 



169 



735 



578 



1 



1 



52 



1,536 



Remarkable Coins and Medals. 



1. Greek Series;— 



A rare copper coin of Asculum in Apulia ; types, hound running, ear of corn. 



A silver hemi-drachm of Larissa, having on one side a head of Jason, on the other 

 his sandal. (^Numismatic Chronicle, 1885, PI. I. 4.) 



Three imitations of tetrad rachras of Athens, bought by Mr. W. M. Flinders Petrie in 

 Egypt, and presented by him to the British Museum. 



A fine silver stater of Mallus in Cilicia ; types, head of bearded Herakles, Demeter 

 clad in long tunic, holding a torch and an ear of corn. 



A very fine bronze coin, struck in the reign of Severus Alexander at Nineveh while 

 that city was a "oman colony ; type, young Dionysus in a chariot drawn by lions. 



A silver coin of Ptolemy I. of Egyj)t, of the weight of eight drachms, the only coin of 

 that denomination in the British Museum. 



A silver coin of Mauretania, bearing portraits of King Juba and his wife Cleopatra, 

 daugliter of the famous Cleopatra VII. of Egypt. 



A remarkable archaic silver didrachm of the Persian standard ; type, head of a goddess, 

 perhaps the earliest head on extant coins. 



Also the following, purchased at the sale of Mr. James Whittall's Collection in 

 1884:— 



A silver stater of Abdera in Thrace, issued by the magistrate .Mandronax ; the type, a 

 griffin trotting, a variety new to the British Museum. 



Nine varieties of silver coins of Aenus in Thrace, en some of which the facing head of 

 Hermes is in a \ery fine style of art. 



A small silver coin of Cotys I., King of the Odrysae; olw., bearded head j rev., KOTT 

 two-handled cup. 



Four 



