^4 ACCOUNTS, &C., OF THE BRITISH MUSEUM. 



Department of Coins and Medals. 

 I. — Registration and Arrangement. 



1. Greek Series : — 



147 coins recently acquired, belonging to various parts of the Greek world, have been 

 registered and 157 have been incorporated. 



218 tickets giving references to the published Catalogues of Central Greece, 

 Peloponnesus, and of the Greek and Scythic Kings of India, have been written and placed 

 in the trays beneath the specimens. 



10 specimens of the Aes Grave of Central Italy have been incorporated in trays 

 specially made to contain them. 



The coins of Poiitus and Paphlagonia, and, in part, those of Bithynia have been 

 re-arranged in preparation for the Catalogue of those districts. 



The Coins of Mysia (Abbaeti — Cyzicus) have also been re-arranged. 



The Cistophori of Asia Minor have been arranged in a new cabinet, so as to form a 

 separate series. Five coins hitherto classed as " Uncertain " have been identified and 

 incorporated with the series to which they respectively belong. 



The specific gravity of 72 electrum coins in the British Museum has been determined. 



Rectifications and re-arrangements in accordance with recent numismatic publications 

 have been made in the series of Gallia Aquitanicn, Camarina, Himera, Megara, (Sicily), 

 Nacone, Solus, Liparn, Apollonia (Thrace), Anticch on the Maeander, and Lycia. 



The following collections have been examined : ( 1 ) a series of miscellaneous 

 Greek coins offered for purchase by Mr. A. J. Lawson of Smyrna ; (2) a series of Pales- 

 tinian coins offered for purchase by MM. Rollin and Feuardent ; (3) large series of the coins 

 Alexandria offered for purchase by MM. Rollin and Feuardent and by Messrs. "W. 

 Lincoln and Son ; (4) a series of Alexandrian coins from the collection of Mr. .John Evans, 

 P.S.A., offered by him for presentation; (5) a large collection of Alexandrian coins lent 

 for purposes of study by Mr. H. Martyn Kennard. In the case of Nos. (1) — (4) selections 

 have been made for the British Museum. No. (5) has been partially examined. 



2. Roman Series : — 



The Aes Grave series of Rome has been re-arranged in two classes, libral and triental, 

 according to weight, instead of, as hitherto, in four classes, libral, semi-libral, quad- 

 rantal and sextantal. 



The Sale Catalogue of the Roman Coins belonging to the late Vicomte Ponton d'Amecourt 

 has been compared coin by coin with the Museum collection, and a list has been made of 

 such pieces as are not in the National Collection. 



A list of the Mint-marks on the British Museum specimens of Roman Coins struck at 

 London and Camulodunum has been drawn up at the suggestion of Professor Th. Mommsen. 



A large hoard of silver coins of the Roman Empire, found at East Harptree in Somerset- 

 shire, has been examined, and a selection has been made of specimens desirable for the 

 National Collection. 



3. English Series : — 



160 coins, medals, and tokens have been registered, and 176 have been incorporated. 



The Anglo-Saxon series has been in many parts expanded and re-arranged, and fresh 

 heading-cards and labels have been written. 



The patterns and proofs of George IV, William IV, and Victoria have been re-arraiiged 

 with fresh heading-cards, and have been transferred to the new cabinets of patterns. 



Twenty-six English jetons and tokens hitherto classed as patterns have been trans- 

 ferred to the series of English Medals and Tokens. 



The Cabinets of Anglo-Saxon, English, and Scottish Coins have been arranged in a 

 more convenient order. 



Rectifications have been made in the Colonial series of Malta and Ceylon. 



The series of Emery's Forgeries has been incorporated in the cabinet containing other 

 specimens of modern forgeries. 



422 tickets giving references to the Catalogue of English Coins, Vol. I, have been 

 written and placed in the trays beneath the specimens. 



A find of coins of Elizabeth and Charles I from Denby in Yorkshire, sent by H.M. 

 Treasury to the British IMuseum, has been examined. (See Numismatic Chronicle, 3rd. 

 scries, VII. 1887, p. 340.) 



