Ancient, British and World Coins, Tokens, Tickets and Passes, Historical and Art Medals, Numismatic Books and Banknotes

Sotheby & Co [London], The Montagu Collection of Coins: Part I, Catalogue of the British & Anglo-Saxon Series, 18-22 November 1895, 857 lots, 6 plates; Part II, 11-16 May 1896, 857 lots, 7 plates; Part III, 13-20 November 1896, 988 lots, 13 plates + frontispiece portrait; Part IV, English Copper, Irish, Scottish and Anglo-Gallic Series, 15-17 July 1897, 373 lots, 5 plates; Part V, Anglo-Saxon & English Coins and Medals, 16-20 November 1897, 737 lots, 5 plates; bound with [the Montagu] Collection of Medals commemorative of British History, 24-9 May 1897, 862 lots, 8 plates. The complete series of post-mortem Montagu British sales, priced with buyers’ names throughout; bound in maroon half-leather, ribbed spine with gilt lettering, a very fine set of this important reference (£400-500)