SPINK COIN BOOKS

British Celtic Coins: Art or Imitation? - TimWright

£30.00 Hardback. 144 pages.

Britain was a late adopter of coinage, initially importing coins from the Gallo-Belgic continent and then copying their Macedonian-inspired prototypes. Britain also produced them for longer than the continent, latterly incorporating themes and imagery from Rome. These bookends of external influence have led some to dismiss the coins of pre-Roman Britain (and indeed ‘Celtic’ coins generally) as inferior. The most compelling counter to this is the coins themselves, explored through the theme of Art or Imitation? What we find is extraordinary variety and originality, that makes a powerful case for their collection and study.

Charles I Oxford Mint Half-Crowns 
(1642-1646) | Maurice Bull

NEW - Published September 2023

£100.00

This publication is the culmination of a lifetime’s work collecting, studying, and recording full details of the Half-crown denomination struck at the Oxford Mint, 1642-1646, the largest of all the King’s Provincial Mints during the Civil War of England (1642-1649). 

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