11152 11153 11154 and Cardinals. 11155 &c. 11157 11158 11159 Obv. AN V. R. DOMVS DEI ET PORTA COELI. 1675. 11156 Innocent XI (1676-1689). Obv. INNOCENTIVS XI. ODESCAL- >> I 6 >> I 3 » I 6 I 6 >> I 6 11203 11204 R. AVXILIVM CHRISTIANORVM. Worship of the V. F. Obv. AN. XII. R. INTER SANCTOS. SORS ILLOR. MDCCXII. Saints on the clouds. V. F. 1 6 >> I 6 » I 6 BALNEA NVCERINA CONSTRVCTIS. Obv. AN. XIII. R. ECCLESIA NOVISQUE. ÆDIBVS AD V. F. 1 6 Obv. AN XIV. R. ECCLESIA ET DOMIBVS ́A ́D`BALNEA. NVCERINA. CONSTRVC. MDCCXIV. A bathing place. V. F. 11207 I 6 Obv. AN X R. NON. QVÆRIT QVE. SVA SVNT. 11169 Obv. A. Y. R. IN COELO SEMPER ASSISTITVR. The Archangel and the Dragon. V. F. Obv. A. VI. R. VNA. SVPER. VNVM. Religion seated. V. F. Obv. AN. VIII. R. IN SECVLVM STABIT. Religion to V. F. TIBI. V. F. Obv. AN. IX. R. DOMINVM FORMIDABVNT. ADVERSARII EIVS. Religion seated to right. V. F. R. ARCHICON. SACR. STIGMATVM. F.F. In the field: D'O M'CLEMENS.XI P.M. PRIMARIVM. LAPIDEM. IMPOSVIT. DE MENSE. SEPTEMB. ANNO. SALVTIS. MDCCXIV. V. F. R. CORPORE S LEONIS, MAGNI TRANSLATO DIE XI' »I 6 >> I 6 D I 6 >> I 6 >> 1 6 » I 6 » I 6 » 1 6 11213 Obv. AN XX. R. BONARVM · ARTIVM · CVLTVI · ET· INCREMENT. View of a building; in exergue: INSTIT SCIENT I 6 I 3 >> I 6 11174 11175 11176 Innocent XII (1671-1700). Obv. INNOCEN. XII. PONT. MAX. Bust to r. R. IVSTITIA ET ABVNDANTIA PACIS. Justice seated to 1. Obv. AN I R. VICTRICEM MANVM TVAM LAVDEMVS. The Madonna, trophies of war and captives chained. R. SVA VITATE. 1690. A censer. II220 V. F. V. F. 11177 V. F. F. R. DOMVS DEI ET PORTA COELI. 1700. A processV. F. the clouds. 11215 Innocent XIII (1721-1724). Obv. INNOCENT'XIII*P·M·A'I. » 16 » I 6 » I 6 1 6 » I 6 » I 6 R. QVID VOLO NISI VT ACCENDATVR. The Pope on 11180 A building. Obv. A. III. R. ERIT. EGENO. SPES. M.D.C.XCIV. A V. F. Obv. A. IV. P. IVSTITIE ET PIETATI. CIƆ. IV. V. F. (To be continued.) 11181 11182 R. APERVIT. DOMINVS. THESAVRVM. SVVM. A procession, &c. V. F. Obv. AN. V. R. QVÆSTVS MAGNVS PIETAS CVM SVFFICIENTIA MDCHIC. View of a building, &c. V. F. Obv. A. VI. R. ANNVNTIATE INTER GENTES. The Pope receiving a deputation. V. F. Obv. A. VII. R. FVNDAMENTA FIDEI. CI. Busts of S. Peter and S. Paul facing each other. V. F. 11186 Clement XI (1700-1721). Obv. CLEM. XI. P. M. CREA. XXIII. NOV. MDCC. Bust to r. R. BENEDIXIT FILIVS IN TE. A procession. V. F. ORIENTAL1 We offer for sale, en bloc, the collection of Chinese coins made by the late Captain C. Longueville of His Imperial Majesty the Emperor of China's Customs. Any collector wishing to get full particulars of coins is requested to communicate with us, when a full catalogue will be sent Price required by the owners £ 1.000. "The present collection was procured by my friend Mr. JOHN PITMAN, during a temporary stay at Hongkong, from the estate of the much lamented Captain C. LONGUEVILLE, Commander in the Navy of His Highness the Viceroy of the Two Kuang provinces. The chief value of this collection will be recognised in the systematical order in which its former owner arranged it. The tables show not only the collection itself, but give practically all the coins which were known to that diligent and learned collector, a task which requires much study and patience, and a good deal of expense. All the coins of the foreign works of that time (up to 1878) appear in the table; such as Hillier, Wylie, Choudoir, etc., and the same is the case with the Chinese numismatic works, viz.,古泉匯 今古泉鑑 錢志新編 古金志存 泉史 欽定錢錄 It speaks for the modesty and also for the exactness of Captain de LONGUEVILLE in leaving so many blanks in his tables, but besides that he shows also what coins have to be procured. This collection begins with the Tang Dynasty, - the position, Chinese numismatic. The coins anterior to this period the speculative Chinese numismatic -—as well as the medals, lucky cash, temple moneys, etc., have been collected in another series. 618 A. D., 11194 Obv. AN. VII. R. DEO SACRA RESVRGET. War I 6 11197 Obv. AN. VIIII. R. PORTAVERVNT. TABERNACVLVM' FOEDERIS A procession, &c. V. F. » I 6 1. Les signes chinois nous ont été obligeamment prêtés par M. le Directeur de l'Imprimerie Nationale française. (Note des Imprimeurs.) The tributary states of China, Annam and Corea, and the Japanese coins in the shape of Chinese cash, have also been included. The irregularity in the arrangement of the chronological order of the coins of Annam is due to the circumstance that at the time of their collection, Captain de LONGUEVILLE had to depend entirely on Chinese works, which, beyond giving illustrations of a few of these coins, are bare of any information in regart thereto; it is only since last year that W. Toda's "Annam and its Minor Currency "appeared, thus giving for the first time an insight into the numismatics of that country. In Captain de LONGUEVILLE'S collection, the small cash of Annam are all represented; this unfortunately cannot be said of Corea, but in this time Corean coins were difficult to be got, especially in the South; and up to this day we have no reliable information about the coinage of that country. The collection of Japanese coins is to be considered as merely a beginning to a study in the numismatics of that country. INDEX Case, C. de Longueville No. 1. J. H. No. 13, Obverse: on the top sake. No. 15, a hallberd, one side other side 避邪 Pi-hsieh, Kiang-fu, "bestowing happiness, 66 away the evil.” No. 18, Annamese Token. HE Ming-ming T'ung-pao. King Ming-ming (1820-1838). . Wan-fu-yeu-t'ung, happiness of all kinds to every Wan-shou-yeu-tsu, " joy in longevity. " No 19, Obverse: Ƒ Tien-kuan-tsi-fu, "high dignitaries bestow happiness." Chi-jih-kao-sheng," early promotion." No. 20, Obverse and Reverse: Chen-t'seh-ping-an, “the house-protecting gods (give) peace. Ki-hsing-kung-chao," the felicitous star shines. >> No. 24, Obverse: No. 1, Obverse: Ying-fu-kuei-tang, "luck brought into the house." Yao-t'ien-shun-jih, "the times of Yao, and Tsih-shan-hsing-hao, steady virtue succeeds well. " No. 28, Obverse: Ch'u-juh-p'ing-an, in going out and coming in peace. Reverse: Ki-hsing-kung-chao, "the felicitous star shines down." 11294 MARITIME WARS OF THE TURKS. A History. Oriental Translation Fund. London, 1831. 11295 MONNOYES D'ESPAGNE, Dissertation historique, par M. Mahudel. 16 plates. Paris, 1725. 11296 MILLINGEN, JAMES. Sylloge of Ancient Unedited Coins of Greek Cities and Kings from Various Collections, principally in Great Britain. Quarto, 4 plates. London, 1837. 12297 MINT. ROYAL, Annual Reports of the Deputy Master of the Mint, 1886. 1887, 1888, each. 11298 Another 1889 with index from 1870-1889. 11299 NUMISMATIC MAGAZINE. Vol. IV 1889, cloth. 11300 NUMISMATIC GLEANINGS, being Descriptions and Figures of the Coins of Southern India, by Walter Elliot M. C. S. Pamphlet. Several plates. 11301 PROCEEDINGS OF THE NUMISMATIC SOCIETY. December 22nd 1836, February 23rd 1837, March 16th 1837, April 20th 1837, May 25th 1837, June 15th 1837Scarce. 11302 PROCEEDINGS OF THE N. SOC. Presidential Address by Dr Lee June 15th 1837. Scarce. 11303 PROCEEDINGS OF THE N. SOC. 1837-38. Presidential Address 19 July 1838. 11304 PROCEEDINGS OF THE N. SOC. 1837-38. Ordinary Meetings. Scarce. 11305 PROCEEDINGS OF THE N. SOC. 1838-37. Presidential Address 18th July 1839. Scarce. >> Scarce. >> I 6 11253 1823. No 11306 PROCEEDINGS OF THE N. Soc. 1838-39. Ordinary meetings. Scarce. (To be continued.) >> 2 V. E. » I 3 11254 1823. No V. F. NOTICES Vol. I (Bound) of the Numismatic Circular can now be obtained from us at the following prices : Cloth, gilt letters at back, 3/. complete, or in Paste grain roan 4/. Those who may wish to have their own numbers bound can have them done in either of the above-named styles at 2/. and 3/. respectively. Postage (Great Britain) 3a extra. 1/2. >> Advertisements will be inserted in the "Monthly Numismatic Circular" at a charge of 34 per line for each issue, and should reach us (addressed, with remittance, to Gracechurch St., London, E. C.) not later than the fifth of the month for insertion in the following month's publication. Queries and Answers inserted gratis. Original Articles or Notes of interest to our Numismatic readers, are respectfully solicited, and will be inserted if possible as space permits. 11273 1819. No 1970. 11274 1819. No 1133. V. F. I 3 3 11277 1819. No 1538. 3 11286 MONTAGU, H. F S.A. The Copper, Tin and Bronze Coinage and Patterns for Coins of England From the Reign of Elizabeth to that of Her present Majesty. First Edition LARGE PAPER uncut. Very Scarce. 11287 The Same, Second Edition with Alterations and Additions. Halfbound to correspond with Hawkins and Kenyon. A standard work, 1893. 11288 MADDEN, F. W. History of Jewish Coinage, and of Money in the Old and New Testament. 350 pp. 254 woodcuts and a plate of alphabets. Half-bound. London, 1864. 11289 MEYNAERTS, J. P. Description de la Collection des Médailles antiques en or, Grecques, Romaines, Byzantines et Visigothes. Bound cloth, 139 pp., 2 plates. (Scarce) Gand, 1852. 11290 MANUAL FOR COLLECTIONS. English, Scotch and Irish Coins, from the Earliest ages to the present time. Profusely illustrated. 160 pp. 11291 MADDEN, F. W. Handbook to Roman Coins. 160 pp. ; plates. Cloth, 1861. 11292 MOOR, E. Oriental Fragments. An interesting collection of notes on various subjects. Engravings of Coins, Gems, writing, &c. Cloth 537 pp. Clean copy. London, 1834. 11293 MONETE ANTICHE. Illustrate de Francesco Capranesi. Pamphlet in Italian, 2 plates. Wanted, Otho, aureus, F. D. C. Spink & Son. 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Uns unbekannte Herren Sammler werden um Gestattung Postnachnahme oder um Aufgabe genügender Referenzen ersucht. THE COINS OF CONSTANTINE THE GREAT AND HIS SUCCESSORS Bearing the letters of the London Mint. In compliance with the request of one of our readers, we give the following extract from J. Y. Akermann's " Coins of the Romans relating to Britain", p. 156. From the period of the defeat and death of Allectus, to the time of the first Constantine, no Roman coins appear to have been struck. in Britain, if we except those of Maximianus, which have LON. or ML. or MLXXI. in the exergue, the last two being found on the coins of Carausius; but under Constantine, coins were minted with the letters PLON. in the exergue. These letters are by most antiquaries supposed to signify Pecunia Londinensis; and this conjecture is supported by the existence of many coins of Constantine and his sons, with letters and numerals indicating other places of mintage, such as Sirmium, Treves, Lugdunum, Arles, Siscia, Aquileia, Rome, and Alexandria. Many of them, supposed to have been struck at Lugdunum, have merely the letter L to indicate the place of mintage. These are found in immense numbers on the Continent; and on that account are not assigned to the London mint, while those with PLON. are of rather unusual occurrence, and are, without doubt, the produce of the British Colony, being more frequently discovered in England, than in other countries once forming part of the Roman dominions. It is somewhat singular that no gold or silver coins of Constantine and his sons bear the letters of the London mint. All the coins of these princes having PLON. in the exergue, are of small brass, and, as I believe, confined to particular types, which are here described. I. Obv. CONSTANTINVS AVG. Helmeted bust of Constantine with coat of mail. R. BEATA TRANQVILLITAS. A quadrangular altar supporting a globe, over which are three stars on the front of the altar VÕTIS XX : in the exergue, PLON. II. Obv. CONSTANTINVS AVG. Laureated bust of Constantine with coat of mail: in the right hand a sceptre surmounted with an eagle. R. BEAT TRANQLITAS. Altar, &c., as on N° I. In the exergue, PLON These types are extremely common, with other letters in the exergue. These coins must have been minted in prodigious numbers in many parts of the empire, and were evidently issued in commemoration of that profound tranquillity which then reigned throughout the Roman dominions. Father Harduin has been ridiculed for seeing, in the three stars, a symbolic compliment to the three emperors; but it is certainly a more rational conjecture than many others in which that antiquary indulged. Pindar tells us, that Tranquillity was the daughter of Justice, who caused towns to flourish and become great; and Claudian, in his panegyric, styles Antoninus Pius Tranquillum Pium" and contrasts him with the war-loving Severus. Coins of the younger Constantine have the same reverse, with a galeated, laureated, or crowned bust on the obverse, as have also the coins of Crispus. 66 III. Obv. CONSTANTINVS AVG. Laureated bust of Constantine. R. SARMATIA DEVICTA. Victory with a trophy in her right. hand, and a palm-branch in her left, trampling on a captive seated on the ground before her in the exergue, PLON, and a crescent. This type is also of very frequent occurrence with other letters in the exergue. It commemorates the victory obtained by Constantine over the Sauromatae who dwelt near the Palus Mæotis. The emperor having heard that these people had passed the Ister in boats, and pillaged his territories, immediately marched against them. The Sauromata were led by their king Rausimodus. Zosimus tells us that the barbarians attacked a town, the walls of which were topped with wood only, which they fired, and then assaulted on all sides : but the besieged made a brave resistance; and in the height of the combat Constantine arrived, and victory decided in favour of the Roman army. Many were slain, and great numbers were made prisoners. Rausimodus saved the remainder of his army by flight and, crossing the Ister, entered the Roman dominions but the victor was at his heels, and again gave battle to him in a thick wood on the summit of a hill. The Romans were once more victorious, the king of the Sauromate was left dead on the field, and great numbers of his followers were made captives. |