48 ACCOITNTS, &C., OF THE BRITISH MUSEUM. 



Among the collections and series of Greek coins examined with a view to. selecting 

 specimens for the Museum, were — the extensive collection of General Yorke Moore, sold 

 by auction in March 1889 ; a series from the Chaix collection of Greek Imperial coins ; 

 a series of coins of all parts of the Greek world, offered by Mr. H. D. Margaritis ; a 

 series of coins of Asia Minor, brought from the East by the Rev. G. J. Chester ; a 

 large series of electrotypes of Greek coins not represented in the British Museum. 



2. Roman Series : — 



65 Roman and Byzantine coins, recently acquired, have been registered and 

 incorporated. 



S. English Series : — 



103 coins, medals, and tokens, recently acquired, have been registered and in- 

 corporated. 



2.5 English medals from the Bank collection have been registered. 



The re-aiiangement of the coins of Edward the Confessor has been continued, and 

 those of ! larold II. have also been re-arranged in preparation for the Catalogue of 

 English Coins, vol. II. 



The Amcrsham Treasure-Trove, consisting of 44 gold coins of Elizabeth, James I., 

 and Charle," I., has been examined, and a selection made from it for the British 

 Museum. 



A series of medals i elating to the Stuarts was selected and arranged for the 

 Stuart Exhibition in the King's Library. The specimens have since been replaced in 

 the cases in the Noi-th Gallery. 



The specimens of the English, Scottish, Irish, British Colonial, and American 

 coinages, exhibited in table-cases in the North Gallery, have been more securely fixed 

 in their places by pins, outside their circumferences. 



4. Me dioival and Modern Series : — 



95 coins and medals, recently acquired, have been registered and incorporated. 



66 miscellaneous European medals from the Bank Collection have been registered. 

 Rectifications have been made in various parts of the German series in accordance 

 with recent attributions. 



A series of Early Danish coins sent for inspection by Mr. F. Hansen of 

 Copenhagen, has been examined, and specimens have been selected for the British 

 Museum. 



5. Oriental Series : — 



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

 Muhammadan Series of India have been registered, and 77 have been incorporated ; 

 also 10 glass weights have been registered and incorporated. 



291 gold, silver, and copper coins of the Teemoorees, the Pathan, and the other 

 Muhammadan Rulers of Delhi, the Muhammadan States of India, local mints, 

 Mysore, &c., from the India Ofiice Collection, have been registered, and 389 of the 

 same classes have been incorporated. 



129 gold, silver, and copper coins of the Muhammadan States of India 

 and the Pathan Rulers of Delhi, from the Cunningham Collection have been 

 registered. 



A fresh cabinet has been inserted in the sei'ies of the Mogul Emperors of Delhi, 

 and the collection extended throughout. 



Twenty Plates for the illustration of the Catalogue of Oriental Coins, Additions, 

 Vol. I., have been prepared and mounted. 



29 gold, silver, and copper coins of Ceylon, the Gupta series, Vijayanagar, &c., 

 have been registered and incorporated. 



2o7 gold, silver, and copper coins of the Rajputs of Kabul, the Satraps of Surashtra, 

 of the Gupta and various Hindoo Dynasties, from the Indian Ofiice Collection, have 

 been registered, and 194 have been incorporated. 



33 Gold and copper Indo-Scythian coins, from the Cunningham Collection, have been 

 registered. 



Rectifications have been made in the arrangement of the series of the Naga Dynasty, 

 the Satraps of Surashtra, the coinages of Kangra, the Buddhist Satraps of Northern 

 India, the Pala Dynasty, &c. ; and also in various other Hindu series. 



Collections Examined. — The Clive-Bayley Collection of Bactrian, Muhammadan, 

 Indian, and Hindu coins, from which a selection was purchased. A series of Muham- 

 madan (Indian) coins belonging to Colonel Havelock. A large series of coins of the 

 Pathan and Muhammadan Rulers of India, and of the Sanskritic classes, found in India 

 during the years 188.5-1888, belonging to the Punjab Archaeological Survey. A Col- 

 lection of Hindu coins, belonging to the Rev. J. E. Tracy. The very extensive collec- 

 tion of Oriental coins of all classes, which belonged to Dr. da Cunha. 



