Coins, medals, and seals, ancient and modern. Illustrated and described. With a sketch of the history of coins and coinage, instructions for young collectors, tables of comparative rarity, price lists of English and American coins, medals and tokens, &c., &c (1861)
Prime, William Cowper, 1825-1905 · New York, Harper & brothers · leaf 62
ns exist. Egbert and Ethelwulf leftmany coins. Of Ethelbald (855 to 860) none are with certaintyknown. Of Ethelbearht (856 to 866) we have many, as well asof Ethelred (866 to 871). Then came Alfred the Great, and fromhis time the succession is very perfect down to the Anglo-Normandynasty. William… … 2.—Early English Coins. ENGLISH GOLD COIN. man value prevailed at a later day, though the coin was neverstruck till the reign of Henry VII. The word shilling has been by some derived from the Latinsicilicus (a quarter ounce), and by others from a Saxon word sig-nifying a scale. The pound was, of…
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