Transcriber’s notes:
Pg. 7 ... COMIVS the earliest inscribed coin, 55 B.C should be
... COMMIVS the earliest inscribed coin, 55 B.C.. Period
after C in B.C. missing--added in.
Pg. 14 ... and within each of the. outer curves three pellets.
Between the and outer no punctuation needed. Period removed.
... and within each of the outer curves three pellets.
Pg. 15 ... is engraved on p. 6, Fig. J). Opening parenthesis
missing, adjusted to ... is engraved on ( p. 6, Fig. J).
Pg. 16 CVNOBELINVS, comma is a period in all other names on list.
Changed to period. CVNOBELINVS.
Pg. 17 The _obverse_ of one example is engraved on p. 6, Fig. i.
Parenthesis missing, should be, The _obverse_ of one
example is engraved on (p. 6, Fig. i.).
Pg. 18 Britions should be Britons.
Pg. 24 Two coins have been attributed to him, the name on the
_obverse_ being on one EDI[L]HD[L]V, and on the other
ATHBADIV. EDI[L]HD[L]V, look like upside down L’s facing
right. Transcribed as [L].
Pg. 24 Coins supposed to belong to him bear the name ALCHRED or
A[L]CHRED. Upside down L character facing right transcribed
as[L].
Pg. 24 Some sceattæ bearing the word E[L]FVA[L]V or VALD[F][E]LA on
Upside down and backward characters in brackets [L], [F],
[E] L,upside down facing left, F,upside down facing left,
E, since top and bottom of capital E are identical, just
facing left.
Pg. 26 _Obverse._ ERIC REX A, or AL, EBOR, EF, EN, IO,
N or NO, or TO, in two lines divided by a sword.
_Reverse_, moneyer’s name, etc. Left as printed in
original.
Pg. 27 AETHELBEARHT; 856-866. Left as printed in original.
Pg. 31 ful, End of line type setting error.
EADWARDl It should be full and EADWARD, .... The comma comes
down to EADWARD, and the l goes above to full.
Pg. 32 Wallingford Watchet, Wareham, Worcester, Wilton, Winchester,
and York. Missing comma between Wallingford and Watchet.
Comma inserted.
Pg. 32 About two thousand coins of this king were found near
Steyning Period after Steyning missing. Inserted.
Pg. 38 D H. Missing period after D. Period inserted. D.H.
Pg. 39 DENOMINATIONS.--_Silver._ Pennies, Halfpennies, and
Farthings Period missing at end of sentence. Period
inserted.
Pg. 44 FRAN. FRANC.--DNS. HIBN, IBAR. or IBARNC.
Punctuation after HIBN should be period, so changed.
FRAN. FRANC.--DNS. HIBN. IBAR. or IBARNC.
Pg. 47 Shilling and Sixpence. PHILIP. ET. or Z.;
Period after Shilling and Sixpence should be comma,
so changed to comma. Shilling and Sixpence, PHILIP. ET.
or Z.;
Pg. 51 Reverse: Halfpenny, St. Patrick in full robes, mitred ...
Mitred should be mitered.
Pg. 52 Reverse, OBS. NEWARK. 1646. Period after NEWARK should
be comma. Changed to comma. Reverse, OBS. NEWARK,
1646.
Pg. 54 Legend on reverses. FLORENT CONCORDIA REGNA, or titles.
Period after reverses should be comma. Period so changed.
Legend on reverses, FLORENT CONCORDIA REGNA, or titles.
Pg. 56 Other varieties need not be particularised. Particularised
should be particularized.
Pg. 62 Shilling, Sixpence, Groat or Fourpence, Threepence Twopence,
Penny. Comma missing after Threepence--corrected.
Pg. 63 ... obverse, same bust as. the silver, VICTORIA DEI GRATIA,
and date; reverse, Sovereign, royal arms, as the Half-crown;
Phrase, “same bust as. The silver” should not have a period
between as and the. Changed to, ... same bust as
the silver ...
Pg. 70 ... their loca governments; Should be, ... their local
governments;
Pg. 81 FOUNDERS.--A laver pot (or vase) between two
prickets) or taper-candlesticks). Sentence should be,
FOUNDERS.--A laver pot (or vase) between two prickets
(or taper-candlesticks).
Pg. 85 On a chevron between three Bibles fessewise,
claspsdownwards ... Should be, “clasps downwards,” .
Pg. 88 ... are too numerous to particularise. Particularise
should be particularize.
Pg. 93 ... and so on in very grea variety. Grea should be spelled
great.
Pg. 113 On Imperial coins of Cnidu. the famous naked Aphrodite by
Praxiteles was represented. Punctuation after Cnidu should
be comma.
Pg. 113 [Illustration: Fig 47. Nike (Victory).] Should be period
after Fig. [Illustration: Fig. 47. Nike (Victory).]
Pg. 115 Denomination for 90 should be koppa (κοππα). The symbol may
not be rendered correctly by all readers so it has been
written by name.
Tens. I. Κ. Λ. Μ. Ν. Ξ. Ο. Π. κοππα
10. 20. 30. 40. 50. 60. 70. 80. 90.
Pg. 115 Denomination for 900. should be sampi (σαμπι). The symbol may
not be rendered correctly by all readers so it has been
written by name.
Hundreds. P. Σ. Τ. Υ. Φ. Χ. Ψ. Ω. σαμπι
100. 200. 300. 400. 500. 600. 700. 800. 900.
Pg. 119 _Kings of Pergamus_ Philetaerus, the Attalids ...
Should be, _Kings of Pergamus_ Philetaerus, the Attalids.
Pg. 119 Abydos, Alexandria Troas, Ilium, Scepsis. Alexandria needs
following comma. Abydos, Alexandria, Troas, Ilium, Scepsis.
Pg. 119 Calymna, Cos, Rhodes Ialysus, Camirus, Lindus). Extraneous
parenthesis--removed.
Pg. 120 (_Kings_--Mannus, Abgarus, etc. Missing parenthesis--corrected.
(_Kings_--Mannus, Abgarus, etc.)
Alternate Spellings and hyphenation:
Pg. 8 ADDEDOMARVS, supposed to have been contemporary with Cunobelinus.
Pg. 17 and ADDEDO-MARVS, or ADDEDO, or A[BO][BO]IIDO
[M], or other abbreviations. Difference of ADDEDOMARVS
and ADDEDO-MARVS retained.
Pg. 48 Sixpence, Groat, Threepence, Half-groat, Three-halfpence,
Penny,
Pg. 70 In 1574 a proposition was made to the Queen by two persons
named Wickliffe and Humphrey, to coin half-pence and
3 instances of halfpence. Only one of half-pence. Changed
to halfpence.
Pg. 46 ... and Threepence, fullfaced bust of king
Pg. 49 The Penny bore on the obverse a full-face portrait of the
queen ... Alternate hyphenation of full-face.
Pg. 39 one limb of the cross of the Durham coins terminating in a
crozier.
Pg. 51 St. Patrick in full robes, mitered, with crosier, etc.,
Pg. 52 reverse, shield of Irish harp; legend, FARTHING TOKENS
OF ENGLAND. ENGLAND’S FARTHING. THE FARTHIN TOKENS FOR.
The spelling in question is FARTHIN. This is how it is said
to be on the token. I am leaving it as is.
Pg. 52 Other places where these were struck were Colchester,
Carlisle ...
Pg. 49 ... to use an expression of Carlyle’s)
Preserved both Carlisle and Carlyle as one is a place name and
one is a proper name.
Instances of various pages:
21 instances of twopence. One instance of two-pence changed
to twopence.
37 instances of half-groat. 1 instance of halfgroat,
changed to half-groat.
Pg. 39 DENOMINATIONS.--_Silver._ Groat, Halfgroat, Penny, Halfpenny
Changed to Half-groat.