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Excerpt from Catalogue of the Second (and Final) Portion of the Valuable Collection of Early British, Anglo-Saxon and English Coins, &C: Including Scottish, Hiberno-Danish, Irish, Anglo-Gallic, Anglo-Colonial and American Coins, Also a Fine and Interesting Series of Ancient Gaulish Coins, the Property of the Late Bernard Roth, Esq. J. P. F. S. A. F. R. N. S In this collection are also a number of very fine and interesting examples of the coinage of Stephen and his period, which includes Pennies of Eustace Fitzjohn, Empress Matilda, Hugh Bigod (earl of Norfolk), William Peverell (earl of Nottingham), and other Baronial pieces. There is also a large and interesting series of ancient Gaulish Coins, on which Mr. Bernard Roth contributed an excellent and voluminous monograph in the British Numismatic Journal, to which reference is made in this catalogue. 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.