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Excerpt from Catalogue of the Unique, Extensive, and Highly Important Collection of Roman Coins, Principally Large and Middle Brass, in the Finest Presentation and Chiefly Highly Patinated, Formed by That Distinguished and Well-Known Collector, Monsieur Gustave Herpin: Which Will Be Sold by Auction, by Messrs. S. Leigh Sotheby and John Wilkinson, Auctioneers of Literary Property and Works Illustrative of the Fine Arts, at Their House, 3 Wellington Street, Strand, on Monday, the 3rd August, 1857, and Six Following Days Admiral W. H. Smyth's Descriptive Catalogue, pp. 1838, has been consulted with much profit on this series. 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.