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GREEK COINS |
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(GCV No's. on our web site) (A MUST for the Greek collector) SEAR, D.R. Greek Coins and Their Values. Volume I: Europe. London 1978. Reprinted 2000. 318 pages, 4 tables of ancient alphabets, 11 maps, 3,395 coins listed, with 1,500 coin illustrations. Valuations. Casebound. This catalogue sets out to achieve what has not been attempted before, a listing of every main type of ancient Greek coinage. The average collector should be able to locate in this catalogue all the types likely to be encountered, in one denomination or another; the historical noted provide valuable background information. Complementing this comprehensive listing of Greek coins is a selection of contemporary Celtic coins, the designs of which are derived largely from Greek types. This first volume covers the Greek coins of Europe arranged in geographical order from Spain in the West to the Peloponnese and Crete. (Ref: 534) UK £40.00, Europe £45.00, Rest of World £50.00. Price includes Delivery. (Undelivered £35.00) CLICK HERE TO ORDER THIS ITEM SEAR, D.R. Greek Coins and Their Values. Volume II: Asia and Africa. London 1979. Reprinted 2000. 446 pages, 4 tables of ancient alphabets, 11 maps, 4,500 coins listed, with 2,000 coin illustrations. Valuations. Casebound. The most complete and comprehensively illustrated collectors' guide to the coins of the Greek world. Covering the city coinages of the Greek east from Syria and Phoenicia to Babylonia and Baktria. North Africa, including the important mints of Kyrene and Carthage, forms the third pard of the catalogue. The final section is devoted to the regal issues of the principal kingdoms of the Hellenistic Age ending with Cleopatra VII of Egypt whose death brought to an end the Ptolemaic dynasty in Egypt. (Ref: 535) UK £40.00, Europe £45.00, Rest of World £50.00. Price includes Delivery. (Undelivered £35.00) CLICK HERE TO ORDER THIS ITEM Both volumes of Greek Coins and Their Values. UK £76.00, Europe £85.00, Rest of World £90.00. Price includes Delivery. (Undelivered £70.00) CLICK HERE TO ORDER THIS ITEM |
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BRITISH CELTIC COINAGE |
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Coins of England and the United Kingdom48th edition, 2013. Illustrated in colour throughout. Casebound (S No's. on our
web site) Coins
of England and the United Kingdom remains the only single-volume reference work which features every major coin
type from Celtic to the present day with accurate market values for every coin type listed. It is an essential
guide for beginners, serious numismatists and anyone interested in British Coinage. Price £25.00 Including Delivery: |
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(BMC No's. on our web site) (A MUST for the Celtic collector) HOBBS, R. British Iron Age Coins in the British Museum. London 1996. 246 pages, 137 plates, other illustrations in text. Casebound, jacket. The British Museum's unrivalled collection of over 4,500 pieces, minted at the end of the Iron Age in the first century BC until immediately before the Roman invasion of Britain in AD 43, is published for the first time in this comprehensive catallogue. A full listing of the coins is provided, from the earliest British gold and silver of the mid-first century BC to the so-called dynastic issues in the central part of Britain and the distinctive regional issues of the peripheral coin-using areas. Indices are provided for the inscriptions and hoards and for the vast range of symbols which appear on the coins. An extensive bibliography and concordance is included and each piece is illustrated. (Ref: 482) OUT OF PRINT |
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DE JERSEY, P. Coinage in Iron Age Armorica. Studies in Celtic Coinage, Number 2. 1994. X, 266 pages, illustrated throughout. Card covers. Archaeology can furnish little information on Armorican society in the middle La Tène, and coinage represents the only significant form of evidence for this period in much of the area. This study concentrates on a contextual approach to the archaeology of Armorican coinage, and provides an archaeological and geographical background in which the coins can be placed. De Jersey places Armorica in its historic context, examining the core/periphery relationship of the Celtic and Roman worlds, the nature of the coinage evidence, and the role of coinage in the Celtic world. He then presents a three-phased model discussing Armorican coinage finds. Two extensive appendices present details of the large number of hoards found in the region, multiple deposits of coins on temple sites, and distribution maps with full bibliographic references. (Ref: 992) £18 + Delivery CLICK HERE TO ORDER THIS ITEM |
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ROMAN COINS |
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(RCV No's. on our web site) (A MUST for the Roman collector) SEAR, D.R., Roman Coins and Their Values. The (5th) Millennium Edition. Volume one, The Republic and the Twelve Caesars 280 BC - AD 96. 532 pages, more than 1,200 illustrations in the text. Valuations in £ and $. Casebound. The original edition of Sear's Roman Coins and Their Values was published by Seaby thirty-six years ago and has been through four revisions (1970, 1974, 1981 and 1988). However, the publication of the 'Millennium Edition' of this popular work makes a radical departure from previous editions. The catalogue entries have been expanded to include a virtually complete listing of the entire Roman Republican series, as well as more comprehensive coverage of the much larger and more complex Imperial series. Greater emphasis is now placed on the precise chronology and place of mintage of each type and extensive coverage is given to the important series of billon and bronze coins struck at Alexandria over a period of more than 300 years. The valuations have been exhaustively researched from recent auction records and fixed price catalogues and many professional numismatists have contributed their valuable opinions on specific series. Prices (both in British pounds and US dollars) are now expressed in either two or three grades of preservation for each entry, usually 'VF' and 'EF' for precious metal issues, and 'F', 'VF' and 'EF' for Imperial Bronzes. Perhaps most importantly for the collector, the number of photographic illustrations in the text has been increased, and their quality improved. Expansion on this scale has inevitably led to a need to divide the work into more than one volume, but collectors and dealers will now find it of much greater value both as a source of information and as a comprehensive work of reference for this vast and complex series. Volume II will thus be entitled "The Adoptive Emperors, the Antonines and the Severans, A.D. 96-235, and Volume III "The Decline and Fall of Rome and the Triumph of Christianity, A.D. 235-491". (Ref: 2622) UK £50.00, Europe £55.00, Rest of World £60.00. Price includes Delivery. (Undelivered £45.00) CLICK HERE TO ORDER THIS ITEM |
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(RCV No's. on our web site) (A MUST for the Roman collector) SEAR, D.R., Roman Coins and Their Values. Volume Two, covering the 'Golden Age' of Roman Imperial Coinage. 96-235AD. Approx. 700 pages, more than 1,500 illustrations in the text. Valuations in £ and $ in at least two grades. Casebound. Covers the Imperial series from Nerva, the 'thirteenth Caesar' and first of the 'Adoptive' emperors, down to the overthrow of the severan dynasty in 235. It encompasses what may justifiably be termed the 'golden age' of the Roman Imperial Coinage. The full development of the Augustan system of coin denominations and perfection of the method by which government propaganda was communicated to the citizenry through the medium of coinage both reached their peak during these fourteen decades. The preceding coinage of the Julio-Claudian and Flavians periods has seen much experimentation with the currency system and tentative early steps in the development of the propaganda potential of the reverse types. The coinage of the Adoptive emperors and those of the Antonine and Severan dynasties saw the ultimate fulfillment of this process resulting in a coinage of unprecedented volume and complexity. As before, current market valuations are expressed in pound sterling and US dollars, in at least two grades of preservation. (Ref: 2792) UK £71.00, Europe £75.00, USA & Canada £80.00, Rest of World £87.00 Price includes Delivery. (Undelivered £65.00) CLICK HERE TO ORDER THIS ITEM |
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(RCV No's. on our web site) The current revision of this popular work marks a radical departure from the envisaged aims of the previous editions. In this third volume, the number of catalogue entries has been greatly expanded to provide a better understanding of the coinage of this turbulent half-century which saw unprecedented debasement of the imperial money and the decentralization of the minting system within the Roman Empire. As in earlier volumes in this series, much greater emphasis has been placed on the precise chronology and place of mintage of each type and special attention paid to the important series of billon and bronze coins struck at the Egyptian capital of Alexandria. Valuations (both in British pounds and US dollars) are given in either two or three grades of preservation for each entry. Perhaps most importantly for the collector, the number of photographic illustrations in the text has been greatly increased and their quality much improved. (Ref: 2960) |
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(RSC No's. on our web site) This is the first of several volumes dealing exclusively
with Roman silver coinage, one of the most popular series among collectors of ancient coins. This third edition
is repriced throughout and much of the earlier chronology and text has been revised to take into account recent
research. Now with 784 photographic illustrations.
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SEABY. B. A. (With SEAR, D.R.). Roman Silver Coins, Volume IV: Gordian III to Postumus. London 1982. 136 pages, 253 illustrations, valuations. Casebound. A large number of the coins uncovered by metal detector users in Great Britain are covered in this volume. (Ref: 803) UK £30.00, Europe £35.00, Rest of World £45.00. Price includes Delivery. (Undelivered £25.00) CLICK HERE TO ORDER THIS ITEM
SEABY. B. A. (with: SEAR, D.R. & KING, C.E..), Roman Silver Coins, Volume V: Carausius to Romulus Augustus. London (1987) Reprinted 1997. 214 pages, 295 illustrations and a map, valuations. Casebound. The concluding volume in the series of books dealing exclusively with the Roman silver coinage. All major types known are listed. (Ref: 804) UK £30.00, Europe £35.00, Rest of World £40.00. Price includes Delivery. (Undelivered £25.00) CLICK HERE TO ORDER THIS ITEM |
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MATTINGLY, H. & SYDENHAM, E.A. Roman Imperial Coinage, volume II. Vespasian to Hadrian. First published 1926, last reprinted 2001. Xvi, 570 pages, 16 plates. Buckram. (Ref: 54) UK £55.00, Europe £60.00, Rest of World £65.00.
MATTINGLY, H. & SYDENHAM, E.A. Roman Imperial Coinage, volume III. Antoninus Pius to Commodus. First published 1930, last reprinted 1997. Xviii, 514 pages, 16 plates. Buckram. (Ref: 55) UK £55.00, Europe £60.00, Rest of World £65.00.
MATTINGLY, H., SYDENHAM, E.A. & SUTHERLAND, C.H.V. Roman Imperial Coinage, volume IV the set. Part 1 -Pertinax to Geta. 1936. xv, 399 pages, 16 plates; Part 2 - Macrinus to Pupienus. 1938. Xi, 215 pages, 13 plates; Part 3 - Gordian III to Uranius Antoninus. 1949. Xxiii, 246 pages, 16 plates. Bound as one volume. Last reprinted 1998. Buckram. (Ref: 56) UK £105.00, Europe £115.00, Rest of World £120.00. Price includes Delivery. (Undelivered £95.00) CLICK HERE TO ORDER THIS ITEM WEBB, P. Edited by MATTINGLY, H. & SYDENHAM, E.A. Roman Imperial Coinage, volume V the pair. Part 1 - Valerian to Florian (the Interregnum) & Part 2 - Probus to Amandus. First published 1927 & 1933. Last reprinted 1998. Xiii, 424 pages, 12 plates. Buckram. Xix, 701 pages, 20 plates. Buckram. (Ref: 57 & 58) OUT OF PRINT SUTHERLAND, C.H.V. & CARSON, R.A.G. Roman Imperial Coinage, volume VI. From Diocletian's Reform (AD 294) to the death of Maximinus (AD 313). First published 1967, last reprinted 1997. Xxiii, 727 pages, 16 plates. Buckram. (Ref: 59) UK £55.00, Europe £60.00, Rest of World £65.00. Price includes Delivery. (Undelivered £50.00) CLICK HERE TO ORDER THIS ITEM BRUUN, P.M. Edited by SUTHERLAND, C.H.V. & CARSON, R.A.G. Roman Imperial Coinage, volume VII. Constantine and Licinius, AD 313-337. First published 1966, last reprinted 1997. Xxxi, 778 pages, 24 plates. Buckram. (Ref: 60) UK £55.00, Europe £60.00, Rest of World £65.00. Price includes Delivery. (Undelivered £50.00) CLICK HERE TO ORDER THIS ITEM KENT, J.P.C. Edited by SUTHERLAND, C.H.V. & CARSON, R.A.G. Roman Imperial Coinage, volume VIII. The Family of Constantine I, AD 337-364. 1981. Xlix, 605 pages, 28 plates, pull-out (busts). Buckram, with laminated jacket. (Ref: 61) UK £130.00, Europe £135.00, Rest of World £140.00.
PEARCE, J.W.E. Edited by MATTINGLY, H., SUTHERLAND, C.H.V. & CARSON, R.A.G. Roman Imperial Coinage, volume IX. Valentinian I to Theodosius I. First published 1951, last reprinted 1997. Xliv, 334 pages, 16 plates. Buckram. (Ref: 62) UK £50.00, Europe £55.00, Rest of World £60.00. Price includes Delivery. (Undelivered £45.00) CLICK HERE TO ORDER THIS ITEM KENT, J.P.C. Roman Imperial Coinage, volume X. The Divided Empire and the fall of the Western Parts AD 395-491. 1994. Clxxxii, 509 pages, 80 plates, pull-out (wreaths, busts, monograms). Buckram, with laminated jacket. (Ref: 63) UK £130.00, Europe £135.00, Rest of World £140.00. Price includes Delivery. (Undelivered £125.00) CLICK HERE TO ORDER THIS ITEM FULL SET of RIC P.O.A CLICK HERE TO ORDER THIS ITEM |
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SEAR, D.R. The History and Coinage of the Roman Imperators 49-27 BC. A detailed survey including current valuations for collectors. London, 1998. xxxii, 360 pages, illustrated throughout. Casebound. The brief period covered in this book witnessed the violent transition of the Roman state from a republican constitution, presided over by the Senate, to a full military autocracy under the control of one man, the Emperor Augustus. In reality, the events of these years were merely the culmination of a movement which had been gathering strength over the preceding half-century, since the rise of men such as Marius and Sulla. Caesar had put events into motin by his invasion of Italy and his challenge to Pompey's dominant position in Roman politcs. With his assassination on the Ides of March, 44 BC, Caesar's role was inherited by his youthful great-nephew Octavian who, against seemingly hopeless odds, succeeded in eliminating his rivals for supreme power, notably Mark Antony and his ambitious consort Cleopatra, queen of Egypt. This book traces in detail the unfolding of this drama. Each of its six chapters includes a comprehensive catalogue listing of all the relevant coin types and varieties, each with a full discussion of its significance in the interpretation of the events of the period. Information on the rarity of each type, including estimates of current value, are presented in a separate table. The numerous, though less precisely understood, local coinages of the Imperatorial period are listed in an extensive appendix. Whilst providing a comprehensive numismatic reference work for the age of transition from Republic to Empire the author has also aimed to heighten the historian's awareness of the vital role which may be played by the numismatic evidence in the detailed chronicling of events. (Ref: 2339) £50 + Delivery CLICK HERE TO ORDER THIS ITEM |
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GREEK-IMPERIAL COINS |
| (GICV No's. on our web site) (A MUST for the Greek-Imperial collector) SEAR, D.R. Greek Imperial Coins and their Values. The Local Coinage of the Roman Empire. London 1982. Reprinted 1997. xxxvi, 636 pages, illustrated throughout with over 1,750 photographs, 10 maps. Valuations. Cloth. This catalogue is unique in providing the collector with the only comprehensive and authoritative guide devoted specifically to the local coinages of the Roman Empire, undoubtedly the most neglected series in the whole of ancient classical numismatics. Greek Imperial coins span more than three centuries from Augustus to Diocletian, and were issued at over six hundred mints from Spain in the west to Mesopotamia in the east. The catalogue is arranged in three sections; first, the coins bearing the heads of emperors and empresses are catalogued in their chronological sequence, reign by reign. This arrangement aids the collector in identification and emphasises the true importance of the local series as a complement to the empire-wide Roman state coinage. Within each reign the issues are placed in their traditional geographical sequence, as are the quasi-autonomous coins (those without imperial names and portraits) which are listed separately in section two. The third section of the catalogue lists contemporary coinages - the products of independent and semi-independent states belonging to the same era as Greek Imperial issues - and, in many instances, completes the listing begun in the two volumes of Greek Coins and their Values. In addition to cataloguing and valuing over 6,000 coins, full information is provided on all aspects of the subjects, types and inscriptions, magistrates' titles, city epithets, dates and eras, denominations and marks of value and a full alphabetical listing of all the mints (with ethnics) engaged in the production of Greek Imperial coins. (Ref: 537) UK £50.00, Europe £55.00, Rest of World 60.00. Price includes Delivery. (Undelivered £45.00) CLICK HERE TO ORDER THIS ITEM |
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BYZANTINE COINAGE |
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(BCV No's. on our web site) (A MUST for the Byzantine collector) SEAR, D.R. Byzantine Coins and their Values. 2nd edition, revised and enlarged.1987. Reprinted, London 2000. 528 pages, illustrated throughout. Valuations. Casebound. The Byzantine Empire lasted for almost a thousand years after the fall of the Roman Empire in the West. The period covered by this catalogue is from the reign of Anastasius I (491-518) until the capture of Constantinople by the Turks in 1453. When this catalogue was first published in 1974 it was hailed as containing more information in a concise form than any other single volume on the Byzantine series. This edition incorporates the research of the intervening years, new attributions and new coins that have been recognised. The later Palaeologan period has been completely revised by Simon Bendall and an Appendix has been added covering the gold forgeries of the 'Beirut' and allied schools that have caused collectors some concern. Over 2,500 coins in gold, silver and bronze are listed, valued and illustrated with more than 600 photographs, giving a virtual type catalogue of the Byzantine series. The Introduction discusses the types, mints, denominations, dates and inscriptions found on Byzantine coins and includes seven maps and a table of monograms. This is an invaluable guide to the whole of the Byzantine series and already a standard reference work. (Ref: 863) UK £55.00, Europe £60.00, Rest of World £65.00. Price includes Delivery. (Undelivered £50.00) CLICK HERE TO ORDER THIS ITEM |
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ENGLISH HAMMERED COINS |
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Coins of England and the United Kingdom48th edition, 2013. Illustrated in colour throughout. Casebound (S No's. on our
web site) Coins
of England and the United Kingdom remains the only single-volume reference work which features every major coin
type from Celtic to the present day with accurate market values for every coin type listed. It is an essential
guide for beginners, serious numismatists and anyone interested in British Coinage. Price £25.00 Including Delivery: |
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(N No's. on our web site) (A MUST for the English Hammered collector) NORTH, J.J. English Hammered Coinage. Volume 1. Early Anglo-Saxon to Henry III c. A.D. 600-1272. Third edition, London, 1994. 320 pages, 20 plates, maps, lists of mints and moneyers, diagrams. Casebound. This fully revised third edition combines the considerable research and numerous finds of the past fiftenn years. Included are definitive lists of the mints and moneyers of the late Anglo-Saxons, full details of the 'sceatta' series and completely revised lists of the tenth century coinage. Many new finds of the reigns of Henry I and Stephen and the Anarchy have filled the gaps in the lists along with amendments to the Short-Cross and Long-Cross coinages where all main varieties are now illustrated. (Ref: 37) OUT OF PRINT NORTH, J.J. English Hammered Coinage. Volume 2. Edward I to Charles II. Third, revised edition, London, 1992. 224 pages, 11 plates. Casebound. The principal amendments to this third revised edition have been in the coinages of 1279-1351 and the provincial issues of Charles I, both of which have recently been the subject of Sylloges dealing solely with the coins of these periods. Much new information has been incorporated into the relevant sections on the strength of important studies published recently including the base shillings of Edwards VI, the milled coinage of Elizabeth I, the Tower shillings of Charles I and the mint of York of Charles I. (Ref: 38) OUT OF PRINT |
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"MEDIEVAL ENGLISH GROATS" by Ivan Buck This paperback work includes some 66 pages and is the continuation of his work listed below. There are some 13 chapters on Groats of all the Kings & Queens of England from 1422-1644, 3 of which are listed below. They include a chapter on "Die Sinkers Errors of Henry VI" together with a chapter on "Mules & Muling". (Ref: 2688) UK £16.00, Europe £18.00, Rest of World
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MASS, JEFFREY, P. Sylloge of Coins of the British Isles Vol 56. The J.P. Mass Collection of English Short Cross Coins 1180 to 1247. London 2002. Casebound, colour jacket, x, 470 pages, including 82 plates. This is the most comprehensive catalogue ever published of English Short Cross coins (1180-1247), illustrating and describing 2,200 specimens from the author's collection. Every known moneyer for each class and all significant sub-varieties are represented in the volume. Ten introductory chapters, including essays by Dr Martin Allen and Lord Stewartby, provide a detailed account of the classification, chronology and history of the study of the series. The Summary of Classification Points and listing of moneyers and types will help museum curators, archaeologists, detector users and coin collectors identify coins. There is a comprehensive list of British and Continental hoards containing English Short Cross coins. This book will be a standard reference work for the English medieval coinage of this period. (Ref: 2775) OUT OF PRINT |
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WITHERS, P. & B. AND The Halfpennies and Farthings of Henry IV, V and VI. (= Small Change
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NORTH, J.J. & PRESTON-MORLEY, P. The John G. Brooker Collection. Coins of Charles I. (1625-1649). London, 1984. lxix, (8) pages. 130 plates, each with descriptive text. Cloth. (SCBI Volume 33). This volume describes and illustrates almost the entire Brooker collection of over 1,350 coins of the reign of Charles I and provides a permanent record of many coins now widely dispersed. The collection has been catalogued by the authors in accordance both with previous Sylloge style and the product of new research in connexion with the provincial Royalist issues. (Ref: 39) £25 + Delivery (USA & Canada £15) CLICK HERE TO ORDER THIS ITEM |
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WOODHEAD, P. & LIDDELL, D.G. The Herbert Schneider Collection. Part I. English Gold Coins and their Imitations 1257-1603. (Henry III- Elizabeth I). London, 1996. xiv, 466 pages; including 83 plates, each with descriptive text. Cloth. (Sylloge of Coins of the British Isles Volume 47). The Herbert Schneider Collection of English gold coins was formed over a period of some 50 years by one of the leading experts in the field. It is the finest collection in private hands and is outranked only by that of the British Museum. The completeness and quality of the collection makes it an ideal vehicle for a conspectus of English gold coinage. This volume, the first of at least two, runs from the reign of Henry III to that of Elizabeth I cataloguing no less than 890 coins with full transcriptions of the legends and details of the classification and die-linking of each coin. Every piece is illustrated on the 83 fine plates making this Sylloge an invaluable tool for identification and further study. (Ref: 64) £60 + Delivery CLICK HERE TO ORDER THIS ITEM |
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WOODHEAD, P. Sylloge of Coins of the British Isles Vol 57. The Herbert Schneider Collection Part II, English Gold Coins 1603 to the 20th Century. London 2002. xiv, 210 pages, including 58 plates. Casebound, full colour jacket. The Herbert Schneider collection of English gold coins was formed over a period of some 50 years by one of the leading experts in the field. It is the finest collection in private hands and is outranked only by that of the British Museum. The completeness and quality of the collection makes it an ideal vehicle for a conspectus of English gold coinage. Volume Two includes coins from the reign of James I to the end of the use of gold coinage as a circulating medium. The introduction discusses for each ruler the back ground, the terms of the coin issues based on surviving mint documents, the numismatic classification, and the modern literature. The meticulous catalogue of the 674 coins gives full transcriptions of the legends and details of the classification and die-linking of each coin. Every piece is illustrated on the 55 plates making the Sylloge a valuable tool for identification and further study. An additional 3 plates illustrate the 23 coins which were not included in the first volume, in 1996. Peter Woodhead, FSA, is a former President of the British Numismatic Society. He has been a student of English coinage for over 50 years and is the author of numerous articles on numismatic subjects. (Ref: 2773) £60 + Delivery CLICK HERE TO ORDER THIS ITEM |
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BOOKS on SCOTTISH & IRISH COINS |
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Coins of Scotland, Ireland and the Islands (Jersey, Guernsey, Man and
Lundy) Pre-Decimal Issues. (Ref:2833) |
| (C No's. on our web site) LOBEL, R. et al Coincraft's Standard Catalogue of the coins of Scotland, Ireland, Channel Islands & Isle of Man. 1999. 440 pages, illustrated throughout, valuations in four grades of preservation. Laminated boards. The only readily-available reference work on the coinage of Scotland, Ireland and the Islands. (Ref:2524) UK £39.50, Europe £44.50, Rest of World £49.50. Price includes Delivery. (Undelivered £34.50) CLICK HERE TO ORDER THIS ITEM |