Compton, Thomas - Conjectures upon the British & Saxon Coins &c., Anno D. MMDCCXX

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Thomas Compton, 1720

Compton, Thomas - Conjectures upon the British & Saxon Coins &c., Anno D. MMDCCXX

FINA IDUnique ID of the page ^ᵖ	16384
TitleTitel of the book.	Conjectures upon the British & Saxon Coins &c., Anno D. MMDCCXX
InstitutionName of Institution.	New York, The American Numismatic Society
InventoryInventory number.	Rare England C667
AuthorAuthor of the document.	Thomas Compton
Publication dateDate when the publication was issued: day - month - year .	1720
PlacePlace of publication of the book, composition of the document or institution.
Associated personsNames of Persons who are mentioned in the annotation.
KeywordNumismatic Keywords ^ᵖ	British Coins , Saxon , Celtic
LiteratureReference to literature.	Rambach 2018a1, Burnett 2020b, p. 9112
LanguageLanguage of the correspondence	English
External LinkLink to external information, e.g. Wikpedia ^ᵖ

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An unpublished manuscript, today in the American Numismatic Society, New York, is entitled Conjectures upon the British & Saxon Coins &c., Anno D. MMDCCXX.238 It consists of 136 pages, with 42 manuscript pages, 38 pages of descriptive text and 31 hand-drawn pages illustrating coins and medals, some coloured by hand. It is a sort of illustrated catalogue of rulers of Britain, running from Commius via the Anglo-Saxon and post- Conquest periods to ‘our Present and Most Gracious Sovereign Lord King George [I].’ (Burnett 2020b, p. 911)

References

^ Rambach, H.J. (2018) 'Notes on a numismatic manuscript from the Trivulzio collection in the ANS Library', ANS Magazine 17.2, pp. 41-5.
^ Burnett, Andrew M. (2020), The Hidden Treasures of this Happy Land. A History of Numismatics in Britain from the Renaissance to the Enlightenment, BNS Special Publ. No 14 = RNS Special Publ. No 58, London, Spink & Son.