Yale Center for British Art

Creator:
Humphreys, Henry Noel, 1810-1879
Title:
Ancient coins and medals : an historical sketch of the origin and progress of coining money in Greece and her colonies : its progress with the extension of the Roman empire : and its decline with the fall of that power / by Henry Noel Humphreys ...
Edition:
Second edition.
Published / Created:
London : Grant and Griffith, 1851.
Physical Description:
vi, 208 p., [20] leaves of plates : ill. ; 24 cm.
Holdings:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
CJ237 H8 1851
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund

Copyright Status:
Copyright Not Evaluated
Classification:
Books
Notes:
Bound in gold-stamped embossed leather publisher's binding.

Printed by Vizetelly and Company.

Plates are facsimile "examples in actual relief, by Barclay's process, in the medals of the respective coins" and are accompanied by a leaf of letterpress.
Subject Terms:
Stepney College -- Bookplate. | Grant and Griffith -- Publisher. | Numismatics, Ancient. | Coins, Classical. | Medals. | Coins, Ancient.
Form/Genre:
Wood engravings -- 1851.