Author: Sotheby Wilkinson and Hodge

Publisher: Forgotten Books

Published: 2018-12-25

Total Pages: 80

ISBN-13: 9781397245694

Excerpt from Catalogue of the First Portion of the Valuable and Important Collection of Early British, Anglo-Saxon, Norman and English Coins, the Property of the Late Bernard Roth, Esq. J. P. F. S. A. F. R. N. S., Kingswood, Enfield, Middlexes I HE valuable and important Collection (of which this is the First Portion only) is the result of many years' ardent pursuit and study by the late Mr. Bernard Roth, who, like many of his con temporaries, was guided more by the inclination to acquire rare coins in the finest condition, than to form a collection remarkable for size and completeness, as were the Montagu and Murdoch cabinets. He was fortunate enough to obtain many fine specimens of the rarest and most desirable English gold and silver coins. A large number of the coins were purchased from such famous col lections as the Shepherd, Brice, Montagu, Marsham, Murdoch, Rash leigh and Moon cabinets, or from others equally well-known; the pedigrees have been carefully verified by reference to each sale quoted, so that they may be accepted as correct, and also taken as evidence of Mr. Bernard Roth's sagacious method of collecting. There are especially interesting series of Early British and Anglo Saxon coins, but perhaps Mr. Roth's Pennies of the late Norman period (henry I, and Stephen) are his best and most complete series they include many great rarities, as well as some unpublished and presumably unique pieces. 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.