Copper, Tin and Bronze Coinage
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C A B R O NZ E O PP E R, T I N ND COINA GE PA T T E R NS FO R COINS E NGL AND . T H E COPPE R T I A D B R ONZ E , N N C O IN A G E PAT T E R N S FOR COIN S FROM TH E REIGN OF E LIZABETH TO THAT PRE ENT T OF H ER S M AJES Y . BY H A . G MONT U , - ‘ ' ‘ ' V ICE PR ESIDENT 0? l fl l NUIISI A IIC SOCIET Y 07 LONDON. SE COND E DITION, WIT LTE ATIONS AND DDITI NS H A R A O . LONDON ' ‘ B E R NA R D U A RIIC H 1 5 1 I L L Q , CCA DI Y . , ; f r M D CX CC CIII . PREFACE TO THE FIRST EDITION. HE work which introduce m ans Of , I by e these pages to my fellow-workers i n m sma s n s no a olo f m Nu i tic , eed p gy ro me for its m na u as a w for , either li ited t re hole , or an a l h y of its shortcomings in points of det i . T ere has been a great demand for something of the n and h w m f the s n ssa ki d, o ever i per ect pre e t e y ma w h n an y be, I believe ithout, I ope , u due v ity that it will serve to stop a gap in the shelves of man who in mm n w m s f a an y , co o ith y el , t ke n i n n i terest n the British Series of Coi s. I thi k it right to state at the outset that I cannot claim entire originality for a great deal of what is n f a In 1 8 6 4 co tained in the ollowing p ges. a e f ss n C s mas com the l t Rev. Pro e or He ry hri t a s m w a s m a w and a s piled o e h t i il r ork , c u ed it be he of e s to pri nted . T bulk the pri nt d copie vi Pre ace f . of his b w was n in fac l s d ook , hich ever t pub i he , am an n m end and n c e to u ti ely , o ly three or f s a s The s for our copie h ve urvived . block the engravings and the copyright of the work fell n an s of m s s and at h i to the h d y publi her , t eir s a z not n s s reque t I h ve utili ed o ly tho e block , but also substantial portions of the written matter n a n in e has n m co t i ed the book . Ther bee uch , both in the arrangement and in the detail of the w w not ad ad ns ork, hich I could opt ; the ditio are n m s and m an ns u erou i port t ; the correctio , very considerable ; and there are such other serious modi fications and so much original matter n e a w an n s b i troduc d , th t it ould be i ju tice oth to m stmas and m s f the me ory of Mr. Chri to y el to a n m a ff s as a s n e n l u ch y liter ry e ort eco d ditio , n as a s n of a n or eve revi ed editio , th t ge tle ’ H v m man s treatise . ad he sur ived to co plete his w a no d a m own lucubra ork , I h ve oubt th t y tions would have been rendered unnecessary . I have not thought it expedient to deal with man -B s ns as s are the Ro o riti h copper coi , the e fully treated of by Akerman and other writers nor could I attempt to describe the A ncient B s ns w a a z n riti h copper coi , ithout pl gi ri i g the vii Preface. deservedly well-known book on A ncient British d n of C ns . n ans s oi , by Mr Joh Ev , Pre i e t the m sma who has ft n h n nsa Nu i tic Society , le ot i g u id concerning this most interesting portion of our na s s A n l - ax n st cas are a s tive erie . The g o S o y l o ’ sufficiently described in R udi ng s A nnals of the n w In Coinage of Great Britain a d else here . l m t n f m a ns descri i i i g, there ore , y oper tio to the p n of tin and nz s s f m tio our copper, bro e erie ro the m of za am r s ass n n n ti e Eli beth, I t e p i g o ly upo ground already covered with any degree of s sn ss C s mas an o eriou e by Mr. hri t d by ur mm n e ss mas n n w se co o pr dece or Tho S elli g, to ho marvellous researches into all branches of numis maties more praise is due than is usually awarded . In dealing with the coins composed of tin and its a s a a mm n nam of tin lloy , I h ve pplied the co o e ns all a h is s a s me w d coi to , lthoug it obviou th t o oul m f w a ore properly be described as o pe ter. I h ve found it all but impossible to distinguish between those coins in which the quantity of the alloy is m ss nfi m ore or le i nitesi al . I must express my most sincere thanks to all those who have helped me in my labour of love . is s m w a in s m n n nam s It o e h t vidiou to e tio e , w all a n so in sh be here h ve bee k d , but I ould wanting in common gratitude di d I not here record the valuable aid and encouragement which I have rec eived at the British Museum from i na a and his a wa s Mr . Reg ld Stu rt Poole l y cour te s ab f m H on C . ou coll orateurs there ro the . W ’ man as of a s s Fre tle , Deputy M ter Her M je ty m b kn w f . l n w s n A . H o Mi t ro Mr R. y , ho e o ledge of our copper and tin coins is too w ell evidenced to require any encomium on my part ; from nd a s W . a l A . m . C . a B Mr i li rice , Mr E opp, l o f as who n a s m m . C . ro Mr H N h , ki dly pl ced o e n s a m sa blocks of engravi g t y dispo l. I trust that my readers will from time to time communicate with me on the subject of any errors which should be corrected or additions w s so a if n a hich hould be recorded , th t, eed be , second edition of this work may atone for the s In n n fi . si ma sa a not r t co clu o , I y y, th t I do claim for these pages more than an attempt to give a Catalogue Raisonné of the series of coins and a rn s w h s sc and p tte hich t ey eek to de ribe , I ha f a n w v al n s ve re r i ed , ho e er luri g the ubject , from giving any elaborate history of our coinage i x Preface. i n nf m als as n m nor the the i erior et , either the ti e material at present at my command would enable me x n m a n to e te d y l bours i n that directio . a w n essa and ss I h ve , here ec ry po ible , recorded the standard of rarity of many of the coins an a f s a n d t ns o a se R . 8 p t er the e rlier rie , tre ti g as hi s an 1 as w s d re the ghe t d R . the lo e t eg e of rarity So many fortuitous circumstances , aff h s i n of ma a m ect t i port o the tter, th t too uch an m s not a n m an reli ce u t be pl ced upo y, or y ’ s n s s ma e of a of an other per o , e ti t the r rity y n a no ns e an al z d give coin.