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ROOM XI. 
Antiquities. 
by the cabinets of Sir Hans Sloane and Sir Ro¬ 
bert Cotton, has been from time to time enlarged 
by many valuable purchases and donations, but 
principally by the munificent donation of His 
present Majesty, and by the bequests of the 
Rev. C. M. Cracherode, and R. P. Knight, 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 ditferent states 
and cities subject to the Romans; Imperial coins 
struck in the Roman colonies ; Imperial coins 
struck with Punic characters; and Contorniates. 
The second head, comprising modern coins, 
consists 
