1 Digitized by the Internet Archive in 2012 with funding from Research Library, The Getty Research Institute http://www.archive.org/details/catalogueofcolleOOgera CATALOGUE OF THI Colle&ion of antient and modern Coins and Medals, in Gold, Silver, and Copper, Antiquities and Curiolities, OF THE LATE Rev. MICHAEL LORT, d. d. f r. and a. s. WHICH WILL BE SOLD by AUCTION, By Mr. GERARD, At his Houfe, in Litchfield-Street, St. Anne's, So/jq, On THURSDAY the 14th and FRIDAY the 15th of July, 1791, At Half after ELEVEN o'Clock, precifely. To be viewed Two Days preceding the Sale, from Ten o'Clock till Four. Catalogues to be had at Mr. Gerard's. Conditions of Sale. I CT^HI? highefi bidder to be the buyer-, and, if any difpute Jhall arife between any two or more bid" tiers, the lot fo difputed to be put up again. II. Neper/on to advance kfs than fixpence -, above one pound, one fbilling ; above five pounds, two fhil- tings and fixpence -, and Jo in proportion. III. The pur chafers ere to give in their names and places of abode, if required, and to pay down five fbil- lings in tie pound in part of the pur chafe -money ; in de- fault of which, the lot or lots Jo pur chafed to be imme- diate},' put up again and refold. IV. The lots to be fetched away, with all faults at tie buyer's exper.ee, within one day after thefale. V. To prevent Inconveniences that frequently attend long and open 'Accounts, the Remainder of the Pur chafe- Money to be paid on or before the Delivery. Lafily. Upon failure of complying with the above conditions, the money, fo depoftted in part of payment \ (hall be forfeited-, the lots, uncleared within the time a- fcrcjaid, fhaL be re-fcld by public cr private fale ; and the deficiency, (if any,) together with the charges atten- ding fuch re-fale, (ball be made good by the defaulters at his fale. THURSDAY, July 14, 1791. FIRST DAY's SALE. LOT.- Copper Coins, &c. 1 \ Parcel of large, middle, and fnall, brafs. 2 X\ A psrcel of ditto., 3 A parcel of ditto. 4 A parcel of ditto. 5 Sixty large and middle brafs, ■ ■ ■ - 60 6 Fifty. fjur large and middle orafs, 7 One nondreu ana five Greek coins, » 105 8 Eighty-four ditto, —— £4 9 A pared of h.r^e and rr.iJJle orafs. 10 A parte! of ditro. 11 Forty-eight large and n ; di' brafs ~ • 48 I 2 ■ . 2rcrl of fma4l b.afs, many o r tliem weii piefetvcd. 13 Fifty-two Greek coins, — — 52 14 A parcel of Greer; anu Roman b f- J 5 Tairty Greek ami Ro.^an, ■ 30 »6 Thiitv iirge brafs in 1 00J ivefervation, — 30 17 Thirty two largS una middle brafs, ■ 32 18 Sixteen 2)ttto, PiUiina, &c. — — 16 19 Roman middle brafs-, Auguftus I. Caligula I. &c. and a paf>e] f iinall brais, well preferved. 20 A pa 1 ;. [ of ' I ngliih a. .J foreign rms and weights. 21 Various roi- is, a meual of Charles I. and a bull of Pope Bonifacj Villi 22 Su dry coins, medals, an J weights. 23 Various lin^lilh and foreign coins. 24 A patterrfpiece of Charles 1. proof halfpenny of George II. and fix mere, ■ 8 2; Twetny coins and medals, and flxteen tradefmens tokens, 36 26 Oliver Cromwell's farthing, rev. his arms, ve-y ra^e, I 27 Cm r.onweahh farthing, with a (hip in full fale, rev. three pi i Jars, thus united invincible, fcarce and fine, I *7*Queen Anne's fai thing and fnndry jettons. Medals in Copper, &c. 28 Various medallions in lead and brafs. 29 Ten medallions and medals, — — 10 30 Five George II. De Moivre, &e. 5 31 Three, Cap:. Cook, Lord Anfon, &c. — — 3 32 Seven, George I, General Warn. ngton, &c. 7 33 Sixty- five of the kings of France, 6; 34. Twenty-four of Dacier's eminent men of France, • 24 35 Six, r e Duke of Athol, Granby, Cleypole, &c. 6 36 Six, George I. George i I. Duke of Cumberland, y&c. 6 37 Five, a medallion ot Alexander VII. and medals of Paul V. A 2 38 Five, 4 fift Day's Sale. 38 Five, Chriftina Queen of Sweden, Cardinal Cofcia, &c. 5 39 Four, by Dicier, Fultney, Walpole, Barnard, &c. 4 40 Fcur, Duke of Marlborough, Carteret, Stanhope, &c. 4 41 Four, Halley, Sir Andrew Fountaine, Barker, &c. 4. 42 Six medallions and medals, — — — — 6 43 Three fine medallion:-, by Dupre, &c. — 3 44. Three ditto, by Warin Bertinet, &c. 3 Silver Coins and Medals. 44*A parcel of unforted Greek and Roman, at peroz. 41; Sixty-four various denarii, — — 64 45*Roman denarii of different emperors, — — 21 46 oeventeen confular coins, nveU pnferved, 17 47 Fifteen Roman denaiii, well pre/erved, — '5 48 Twenty-rive confular; well preferred, — 2; 49 Claudius !. Caligula, rev. Germanicus l. Caligula, rev. Agripina 1, Titus i, Trajan, rev. Nero 1, and Plati- 50 Caraufius, rev. Ulbertas, Aug. type, a woman mi'king a cow, ixtrimfly rare, — - - 1 51 Three medallions of Marc Antony and Cleopatra and one of Auguftus, — — — — — • — 4 52 A medallion of Auguftus, very rare, - I 53 A medallion of Auguftus, very fine, — — I 54 A didrachm of Rhodes, with the magiftrate's name, fine, and one more, — — ——- 2 55 Marc Antony and Cleopatra, *£c. • 9 56 Ccenwolf I, Harold 1, Edwar.l the Confeflbr 4, 6 57 William the Conqueror, with Pax, Henry I. unpublished, Henry HI. 2, Hen>yVIIi. 1, and five epifcopal, JO 58 Ethelfton I, Edward the Confeflbr t, William the Con- queror, and a parcel of broken coins, 3 59 Sithrjc I, Edward the Confeiibr 6, 7 oo Nine fixpences and twenty-one groats, — — 30 61 Variou-. twopenccs, pennies, halfpennies, and farthings, 8.5 62 Greats, half-groats, and pennies, of different kings, 47 63 Saxon, Englim, and Iriih, — — 64 Half-crown of Edward VI. commo;. wealth milling, feven more, 65 A crown of Queen Elizabeth, fine, t 60 Four crowns, three half-crowns, three {hillings, and three fixpences, — — — 13 67 Two crowns, three half-crowns, and twenty millings, 25 68 Various modern coins, En^lifn and foreign, 23 63 Crowns, half-crowns, &c. tnglifh and foreign, 24 70 Various coins and medals, — — 13 7 1 A crown of Charles I. and a medal of ditto, 2 7 2 Two medals of Charles I. and his queen, one of Charles IT. and two coronation medals of George 11. and Queen Carolina, — — — — — — -