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<p>[QUOTE="FitzNigel, post: 2596568, member: 74712"]Withers, P. & B.R. and S.D. Ford. <i>Anglo-Gallic Coins of Aquitaine, Bergerac, Issoudun, Ponthieu, Poitou and the royal coins of Henry V and Henry VI</i>. Llanfyllin, Powys: Galata, 2015.</p><p>ISBN: 978-1908715074</p><p>Cost: $85</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]565936[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>Grade: A</p><p><br /></p><p>This is a fantastic catalogue of a well defined area of Medieval Numismatics. The authors have done a superb job of researching past literature on the series, and analyzing pertinent information from coin hoards, museum collections, and private collections to piece together a comprehensive and exhaustive catalogue of Anglo-Gallic coins. It has full color illustrations throughout, full size and weight parameters for each series, and explanatory notes when warranted (as well as citing primary sources for mint production when available). My only piece of criticism (and what prevents the grade of an A+), is the occasional passage written too informally for a work of scholarship (I'm a snob - sue me).</p><p><br /></p><p>My interest in Anglo-Gallic coins really comes from my first medieval coin: a denier of Richard I minted in Poitou. The book naturally focuses more on the fourteenth and fifteenth century issues from Aquitaine, as this is the large English territory held in France for centuries, and their distinct Coinage occurs mostly after the thirteenth century. I was a little disappointed that there wasn't an attempt to catalogue the coins of Normandy or Anjou, but I understand that these were of an immobilized type during the times of the Norman and Angevine kings of England (and as such, there is no way to determine 12th century issues from earlier). Despite this, the areas that could be covered for the 12th century are done well, and my interest in later coins of the series has been piqued by reading this catalogue.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="FitzNigel, post: 2596568, member: 74712"]Withers, P. & B.R. and S.D. Ford. [I]Anglo-Gallic Coins of Aquitaine, Bergerac, Issoudun, Ponthieu, Poitou and the royal coins of Henry V and Henry VI[/I]. Llanfyllin, Powys: Galata, 2015. ISBN: 978-1908715074 Cost: $85 [ATTACH=full]565936[/ATTACH] Grade: A This is a fantastic catalogue of a well defined area of Medieval Numismatics. The authors have done a superb job of researching past literature on the series, and analyzing pertinent information from coin hoards, museum collections, and private collections to piece together a comprehensive and exhaustive catalogue of Anglo-Gallic coins. It has full color illustrations throughout, full size and weight parameters for each series, and explanatory notes when warranted (as well as citing primary sources for mint production when available). My only piece of criticism (and what prevents the grade of an A+), is the occasional passage written too informally for a work of scholarship (I'm a snob - sue me). My interest in Anglo-Gallic coins really comes from my first medieval coin: a denier of Richard I minted in Poitou. The book naturally focuses more on the fourteenth and fifteenth century issues from Aquitaine, as this is the large English territory held in France for centuries, and their distinct Coinage occurs mostly after the thirteenth century. I was a little disappointed that there wasn't an attempt to catalogue the coins of Normandy or Anjou, but I understand that these were of an immobilized type during the times of the Norman and Angevine kings of England (and as such, there is no way to determine 12th century issues from earlier). Despite this, the areas that could be covered for the 12th century are done well, and my interest in later coins of the series has been piqued by reading this catalogue.[/QUOTE]
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