Annals of the Coinage of Britain and Its Dependencies: From the Earliest Period of Authentick History to the End of the Fiftieth Year of the Reign of His Present Majesty King George III, Volume 2Lackington, Hughes, Harding, Mavor, and Jones, 1819 - Coinage |
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... says , " some of these small pieces [ i . e . the Halfpennies and Farthings ] are still to be seen in several of the Musea of the curious , having the King's head crowned , as on his Penny , with a pearled dia- dem , but without any ...
... says , " some of these small pieces [ i . e . the Halfpennies and Farthings ] are still to be seen in several of the Musea of the curious , having the King's head crowned , as on his Penny , with a pearled dia- dem , but without any ...
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... says , soon passed into Denmark and Germany , to their great profit likewise . [ Sperlingius , De Nummorum Bracteatorum & Cavorum origine . Lubecæ , 4to . 1700 , p . 79. ] Had he been more acquainted with our antient historians he would ...
... says , soon passed into Denmark and Germany , to their great profit likewise . [ Sperlingius , De Nummorum Bracteatorum & Cavorum origine . Lubecæ , 4to . 1700 , p . 79. ] Had he been more acquainted with our antient historians he would ...
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... says Dr. Milner , was committed the charge of making a new Coinage to supply the whole kingdom , all the base money being cried down and cut to pieces " . • Chron . Sax . sub anno 1125. Gul . Gemmeticensis says the Money was so debased ...
... says Dr. Milner , was committed the charge of making a new Coinage to supply the whole kingdom , all the base money being cried down and cut to pieces " . • Chron . Sax . sub anno 1125. Gul . Gemmeticensis says the Money was so debased ...
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... says it is worth your while to hear how severe King Henry of England was against offenders . [ Annal . Waver . sub an . 1125. ] Gul . Gemme- ticensis begins his panegyrick with saying , that the action shewed the severity of his justice ...
... says it is worth your while to hear how severe King Henry of England was against offenders . [ Annal . Waver . sub an . 1125. ] Gul . Gemme- ticensis begins his panegyrick with saying , that the action shewed the severity of his justice ...
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... says , that Henry left in his treasury , at the time of his death , nearly 100,000 ; the " denarii of which sum were exquisitissimi ; " and there was besides great wealth , consisting of vases of the precious metals , & c . P. 179 . 1 ...
... says , that Henry left in his treasury , at the time of his death , nearly 100,000 ; the " denarii of which sum were exquisitissimi ; " and there was besides great wealth , consisting of vases of the precious metals , & c . P. 179 . 1 ...
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