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. Ι. 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. Ρ. 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.