Excerpt from Catalogue of a Very Large and Historically Interesting Collection of Ancient Greek and Roman, English, European, Oriental and American Coins and Medals: In the Various Metals, Particularly Rich in Gold and Silver, Mostly the Property of a Prominent Collector Relinquishing the Pursuit, Catalogued by S. H. And H. Chapman, and to Be Sold at Auction by Stan. V. Henkels and Co The grand array of medals here offered is well worthy the notice of all who are interested in history, and lovers of art, especially so as modern coins no longer record events as did the Roman, or portray Art ideals of mythology as the Greek. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.