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Excerpt from Catalogue of the Valuable Collection of Greek, Roman, Early British, Anglo-Saxon, English and Scottish Coins, &C. Formed by the Late Alexander Mann, Esq. F. R. N. S., Of Neath Lodge, Kew Gardens, London, W N this interesting Collection the following lots are worthy of especial notice - Lot 14, Cyzicus, Electr. Hecte; 23, Croesus of Lydia, Stater, A7; 53, Hiketas of Syracuse, A7; 70, Galba, Aureus; 71, Otho, Aureus; 72, Vitellius, Aureus; 114, Verica, Stater, A7 116, Dubnovellaunus, Stater; 117, Cunobeline, Stater; 118, Volisios, Stater; 119, Brigantes, Stater, reading tigip slno on rein; 120, Cassivellaunus, Stater, reading cat'i'i; 125, anglo-saxon gold Sceat; 133, Offa of Mercia, Penny with bust; 137, Ceolwulf I of Mercia, Penny with bust; 139, Outbred of Kent, Penny with bust; 140, Wulfred Archbishop of Canterbury, with tonsuied bust facing; 145, Aethelweard of East Anglia; 153, Aelfred the Great, Monogram Penny of London; 171, Harthacnut, Chester Penny; 175, Edward the Confessor, Shaftesbury Penny, Mule type VII and VIII 177, Dover Penny of same reign, mule type IX and x1; 178, Bristol Penny of same reign, Mule type XI and Harold II; 181 to 198, a few fine and rare Pennies of the Norman period; 218 and 219, Edward III, Reading Penny and Halfpenny; 227, Richard II. London Farthing; 228, Henry IV, Light Noble; 229, Henry IV, Light Quart-er Noble; 261, Henry VII, Half Great, last coinage, London; 266, Henry VIII, George Noble; 280, Henry VIII, Portcullis Farthing, second issue, only one other said to be known; 300, Philip and Mary, Penny, with Mary's bust; 327, James I, fifteen-shilling Piece; 434, James IV (scot) Great with qra; 442, Mary Queen of Scots, silver Ryal, 1565, with ois-a-m's busts; 446, Half Testoon, 1561, with bust of Mary in widow's cap 449, James VI, twenty-pound Piece, 1575; 453, Ducat or four-pound Piece, 1580 463, James VI, two-merk Piece, 1579; 468, Charles I, Briot's half-unite; 470, Charles I, Briot's Eighth Unite, &e., and including a few fine anglo-gallic coins of Edward III and Edward the Black Prince; together with some coin cabinets. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
