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pages holds in his hand a percolated vase or wine strainer. At the 
sides are male and female dancers surrounded by trees and animals ; 
above is the chequered ceiling of the same tomb. 
The Cases 1 — 4, 57— 59, are paintings from another tomb at 
Corneto; that above 1 — 4, represents a female paying the last 
offices to an old man stretched out on a bier ; that above 57—60, two 
men drinking and dancing. Close to these are the ends of the same 
tomb, with men drinking and playing on the double flute. 
MEDAL ROOM. 
At the farther end of the Tenth Room is the Medal Room, where 
■are deposited a large collection of Coins and Medals, the basis of which 
was formed by the cabinets of Sir Hans Sloane and Sir Robert Cotton, 
and which has been from time to time enlarged by many valuable pur- 
chases and donations, but principally by the munificent donation of 
His late Majesty, King George IV., by the bequests of the Rev. 
C. M. Cracherode and R. P. Knight, Esq., and the donations of 
Lady Banks and W. Marsden, Esq. It is comprehended under the 
three following heads : 
1. Ancient Coins. 
2. Modern Coins. 
3. Medals. 
The first of these heads consists of Greek and Roman coins. 
The Greek coins are arranged in geographical order, and include all 
those struck with Greek characters, in Greece, or elsewhere, by kings, 
states, or cities, which were independent of the Romans. With this 
class are placed likewise the coins of free states and cities, which made 
use of either the Etruscan, Roman, Punic, Spanish, or other characters. 
The Roman coins are placed, as far as it can be ascertained, in 
chronological order. They consist of the As and its divisions ; Family 
or Consular coins ; Imperial coins struck in Rome ; Imperial coins 
struck in Egypt ; Imperial coins struck with Greek characters, in 
different states and cities subject to the Romans ; Imperial coins struck 
in the Roman colonies ; Imperial coins struck with Punic characters ; 
and Contomiates. 
The second head, comprising modern coins, consists of Anglo-Saxon, 
English, Anglo- Gallic, Scotch, and Irish coins, and likewise the coins 
of foreign nations. This class is arranged according to the respective 
countries to which the coins belong, those of each country being kept 
separate. 
The third head, which comprises a class considerably more modern 
than either of those which precede it, consists of medals struck in our 
own country, and of those which have been struck abroad. These are 
arranged in the same manner as the modern coins. 
EDWARD HAWKINS. 
May 11 th, 1849. 
