ACCOUNTS, &C., OF THE BRITISH MUSEUM. 



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The Venetian '•' Oselle" In the British Museum have been examined, and communi- 

 cations respecting them have been made to Dr. Werdnig of Vienna, who is preparing a 

 work on Oselle. 



A list has been drawn up of coins of the last five Grand Masters of Malta, desirable 

 for acquisition by the Museum, and has been sent to Malta, where the old coins are now 

 being called in by the authorities. 



A series of Mediaeval coins offered for purchase by General G. Pearse, and five collec- 

 tions of German thalers have been examined, and selections have been made for the 

 Museum. 



5. Oriental Series: — 



387 gold, silver, and copper coins of various Arab dynasties, of Persia, and of the 

 Muhammadan and Hindu States of India, &c., have been registered, and 722 have 

 been incorporated. 



170 gold, silver, and copper coins of the Bactrian, Parthian, Sassanian, and South 

 Indiau series, have been registered, and 29 have been incorporated. 



470 gold, silver, and copper coins of the Ghaznawees, Shahs of Khuwarezm, Great 

 Seljooks, Benee llasool, and Abbasees of El- Yemen, and 133 coins of Bactria and India, 

 from the India Oflfice Collection, have been registered, and 250 have been incorporated. 



99 coins of Southern India, presented by the late Sir Walter Elliot, have been regis- 

 tered. 



The local coinages of India (Muhammadan Series) have been re-arranged, and, where 

 necessary, fresh heading cards have been written. 



Lists in duplicate have been prepared (1) of coins selected for the British Museum 

 from the India Office Collection; (2) of coins not selected as duplicates from the India 

 Office Collection ; and (3) of coins in the Oriental Series in the British Museum set 

 apart as duplicates. 



A selection has been made for the Calcutta Museum of Sanskritic coins not wanted by 

 the British Museum in the cabinet of the India Office. 



62 tickets giving references to the Catalogue of the Coins of Greek and Indo-Scythic 

 kings of India, have been written and placed beneath the coins. 



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

 Museum : — A series of early coins of Nepal ; another of Taberistan ; a collection of 

 Roman and Oriental coins from Persia ; a collection of Japanese coins and medals ; a 

 cabinet of coins belonging to the Royal Asiatic Society, and another the property of 

 General Pearse. 



II. — Acquisitions, 1886. 



Class. 



Gold 



and 



Electrum. 



Silver. 



Copper. 



Billon. 



Lead, 



White Metal, 



and Iron. 



Glass. 



Total. 



Greek . - - - 



31 



74 



34 



_ 



_ 



_ 



139 



Roman 



2 



3 



- 



- 



- 





5 



Mediaeval and Modern - 



10 



69 



39 



5 



1 



- 



124 



English . . - 



16 



90 



87 



12 



6 



- 



211 



Oriental . . - 



215 



247 



1,011 



- 



20 



- 



1,523 



Total - - - 



274 



483 



1,201 



17 



27 



- 



2,002 



Remarkable Coins and Medals. 



1. Greek Series: 



An unpublished silver staler of Maroneia, legend MAPCINITON MHTPOAOTOS ; 

 adjunct to type, head of Apollo, facing. 



A small silver coin of the Sindi, a people of Asiatic Sarmatia; obv., head of Herakles ; 

 rev., horse's head. 



An unpublished silver coin of Saumacus, a Scythic king ; type, winged thunderbolt. 



A very beautiful silver stater of Amphipolis ; type, head of Apollo facing ; purchased 

 at the sale of the Greek coins of the Vicomte Ponton d'A.mecourt. 



A rare drachm of Scotussa in Thessaly ; type of reverse, grain of corn. 



A remarkable drachm of Pheneus in Arcadia ; type, Hermes seated. 



A selection of thirty coins in electrum purchased at the Whittall sale, 1884. Among 

 these, which are all rare and important, the following deserve special mention : — A stater, 

 type, two lions' heads back to back, perhaps struck at Miletus ; a stater, type, an eagle 

 standing on a hare, probably of Abydos ; a very archaic half-stater, type, a flower, 

 probably of Erythrae ; and a very beautiful stater of Cyzicus, type. Gala presenting 

 young Erichthonius to Athena. 



185. G 2 Also, 



