Internation of munianatre orientulia. v. z COINS OF THE JEWS. BY FREDERIC W. MADDEN, M.R.A.S., = MEMBER OF THE NUMISMATIC SOCIETY OF LONDON; ASSOCIÉ ÉTRANGER DE LA SOCIÉTÉ ROYALE DE LA NUMISMATIQUE BELGE; PREFACE. THE following work may be virtually considered a Second Edition of my "History of the Jewish Coinage and Money in the Old and New Testaments," embracing as it does nearly all the original matter contained in that volume, as well as the additional information printed in its "Supplement." * It is further enriched by subject that I have been the critical corrections gained from all papers on the able to obtain, so that the "History of the Coins of the Jews," from the earliest times to the destruction of Jerusalem and the building of Elia Capitolina by order of the Emperor Hadrian, is brought up to the knowledge of the present day. It is much to be regretted that no thorough representative collection of Jewish coins exists in England, though several private collectors, as Dr. Churchill Babington, the Rev. S. S. Lewis and Dr. John Evans, have in their cabinets many rare and valuable examples. The late Mr. Wigan's cabinet of Jewish coins was not acquired for the National Collection, but a hope may be expressed that the collection formed by the Rev. H. C. Reichardt, which contains some of the more remarkable specimens of the Jewish Coinage, may eventually find a home at the British Museum. Since the publication of my original work, the late M. de Sauley has described and illustrated the interesting coins of the towns of Palestine in a handsome book, entitled, "Numismatique de la Terre Sainte." It was therefore unnecessary to include all these in the present volume, but it has been thought advisable to retain the "Imperial Colonial Coins of Elia Capitolina," originally produced in my first edition, these having a more intimate relation with the "Coins of the Jews" than those of any of the other towns. 1 Quaritch, London, 1864. * In the "Numismatic Chronicle," N.s. 1874, vol. xiv. pp. 281-316; 1875, vol. xv. pp. 41-80, 101-139, 169-195, 298-333; 1876, vol. xvi. pp. 45-70, 81-132, 177-234. 3 Rothschild, Paris, 4to. 1874. |