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| WORLD LITERATURE & CATALOGUES: GREAT BRITAIN | ||||
| Lot | Description | Reserve | Estimate | Your Bid |
| 14124 |
Anglo-Gallic Coins: Aquitaine, Bergerac, Issoudun, Ponthieu, Poitou and the Royal Coins of Henry V and Henry VI. Withers, P. and B. R., and S. D. Ford. Hardback, 200 pages, illustrated throughout in colour. A very useful and well-produced reference on the Anglo-Gallic series, covering a wide range of important medieval issues and bringing together photographs of many of the finest coins in major public and private collections. The book illustrates 631 coins at actual size, with 334 enlargements and 154 line drawings, and is especially valuable for its inclusion of 32 major new types, many minor varieties previously unrecorded, revised attributions and datings within the reigns of Edward II and Edward III, full legend varieties, rarity ratings, and strong bibliographic support with concordances to Elias, d?Avant, Boudeau, Duplessy, and Spink. A very attractive copy, about new overall, clean, fresh, and very well kept. |
A$40 (US$28) (€24) (£22) |
A$100 (US$71) (€61) (£54) |
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| 14125 |
The Anglo-Gallic Coins (Les Monnaies Anglo-fran?aises). E.R. Duncan Elias. Paris and London, Emile Bourgey and Spink & Son Ltd., 1984. Hardback in glossy green pictorial boards, 262 pages, well illustrated, with a preface by Fran?oise Dumas. ISBN 0-907605-10-9. The standard single-volume catalogue of Anglo-Gallic coinage from the Plantagenets through Henry V and Henry VI, arranged by reign and issuing authority with clear type descriptions, full legends with expanded readings, mint attributions and signatures, metal and fineness notes, weights, rarity guidance, and useful chronological tables, with Elias numbering and key literature cross-references carried throughout. The layout and illustration make attribution straightforward, and it remains a core reference for medieval Anglo-French issues. Bright, clean copy with sharp boards and corners, crisp pages, and a firm, square binding, showing only the lightest shelf touch. |
A$75 (US$53) (€46) (£41) |
A$150 (US$107) (€92) (£81) |
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| 14126 |
The J. P. Mass Collection of English Short Cross Coins, 1180-1247 by Jeffrey P. Mass, SCBI 56, a major and highly important reference for the English medieval series, presenting the celebrated J. P. Mass Collection of Short Cross coinage from 1180 to 1247 in the distinguished Sylloge of Coins of the British Isles series. Published by the British Academy, London, in 2001, this substantial hardcover volume extends to x, 470 pages and includes 82 plates, offering a detailed and visually rich record of one of the most studied and collected areas of English numismatics. An essential work for collectors, scholars, and specialists in the series, valued for both its scholarly utility and its place within the SCBI corpus. Dust jacket with a small corner tear, otherwise an excellent example. |
A$75 (US$53) (€46) (£41) |
A$150 (US$107) (€92) (£81) |
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| 14127 |
The Bronze Coinage of Great Britain (Revised Edition). Michael J. Freeman. London, Barrie and Jenkins, 1985. 8vo, brown cloth with gilt spine, 251 pages, with 18 plates and tables. ISBN 0-09-155240-0. The standard practical guide to British bronze from the Victorian recoinage through to decimal issues, arranged by denomination and period (pennies, halfpennies, farthings, decimal coinage, then patterns and trials). It sets out the Freeman numbering for obverse and reverse die pairings, with clear diagnostics for identifying varieties, rarity indications, and the period values list, supported by useful appendices including abbreviation and rarity keys and a correlation to the British Museum catalogue, and plates that illustrate the key types and scarcer die combinations. A truly fresh copy, with bright gilt, a clean, unmarked interior, and no obvious signs of use. |
A$75 (US$53) (€46) (£41) |
A$150 (US$107) (€92) (£81) |
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| 14128 |
Jetons, medalets & tokens, British Isles c1558-1830, Volume 3 by Michael Mitchener, pub Hawkins 1998, 590 pgs, 210x300mm. Fantastic book describing & photo illustrating 900 items with interesting background & historical info about each series. In our opinion Mitchener's books are some of the best books ever produced on coins. A must own. Excellent condition. |
A$200 (US$142) (€122) (£108) |
A$275 (US$195) (€168) (£149) |
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| 14129 |
Tokens of the Industrial Revolution: Foreign Silver Coins Countermarked for Use in Great Britain c. 1787-1828 by Harrington E. Manville, published by Spink & Son Ltd in 2001, is an important and highly specialised study of one of the most fascinating byways of British numismatics, examining the foreign silver coins countermarked for circulation in Great Britain during the late eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries. Issued as a British Numismatic Society special publication, this substantial hardcover volume offers a focused treatment of a series closely connected with the monetary pressures and improvisations of the Industrial Revolution, illuminating the practical reuse of overseas coinage in the British economy at a moment of commercial expansion and coin shortage. A valuable reference for collectors, researchers, and students of British token and countermark series, it remains an essential work on a complex and historically significant field. |
A$75 (US$53) (€46) (£41) |
A$150 (US$107) (€92) (£81) |
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