IDENTITY STATEMENT
Reference code(s): GB 0096 MS 177
Held at: Senate House Library, University of London
Title: Kent coinage
Date(s): [1846-1850]
Level of description: Collection (fonds)
Extent: 1 volume containing 68 leaves
Name of creator(s): Unknown
CONTEXT
Administrative/Biographical history:
Kent was one of the kingdoms of Anglo-Saxon England.
CONTENT
Scope and content/abstract:
Manuscript volume containing notes, [1846-1850], on coins minted in Kent from 561-1154, beginning with King Ethelbert I and ending with King Stephen. There is also an account of the coinage under the archbishops from 763-923, and a drawing of a coin of King Athelbald (856-860) from the author's own collection.
ACCESS AND USE
Language/scripts of material: English
System of arrangement:
Single item.
Conditions governing access:
Access to this collection is unrestricted for the purpose of private study and personal research within the supervised environment and restrictions of the Library's Palaeography Room. Uncatalogued material may not be seen. Please contact the University Archivist for details.
Conditions governing reproduction:
Copies may be made, subject to the condition of the original. Copying must be undertaken by the Palaeography Room staff, who will need a minimum of 24 hours to process requests.
Physical characteristics:
Manuscript quarto. Bound in quarter-morocco.
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ARCHIVAL INFORMATION
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Immediate source of acquisition:
Part of the Goldsmith's Library of Economic Literature, initially collected by Herbert Somerton Foxwell and presented by the Goldsmith's Company to the University of London in 1903.
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DESCRIPTION NOTES
Note:
Archivist's note: Compiled by Sarah Smith as part of the RSLP AIM25 Project.
Date(s) of descriptions: Jul 2000