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Greek Coins and Their Values Vol I

SEAR, D R   Greek Coins and Their Values, volume I
Europe. London 1978. Reprinted 2000. 318 pages, 4 tables of ancient alphabets, 11 maps, 3,395 coins listed, with 1,500 coin illustrations. Valuations. Casebound. This catalogue sets out to achieve what has not been attempted before, a listing of every main type of ancient Greek coinage. The average collector should be able to locate in this catalogue all the types likely to be encountered, in one denomination or another; the historical noted provide valuable background information. Complementing this comprehensive listing of Greek coins is a selection of contemporary Celtic coins, the designs of which are derived largely from Greek types. This first volume covers the Greek coins of Europe arranged in geographical order from Spain in the West to the Peloponnese and Crete.

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Greek Coins and Their Values Vol II

SEAR, D R   Greek Coins and Their Values, volume II
Asia and Africa. London 1979. Reprinted 2000. 446 pages, 4 tables of ancient alphabets, 11 maps, 4,500 coins listed, with 2,000 coin illustrations. Valuations. Casebound. The most complete and comprehensively illustrated collectors' guide to the coins of the Greek world. Covering the city coinages of the Greek east from Syria and Phoenicia to Babylonia and Baktria. North Africa, including the important mints of Kyrene and Carthage, forms the third part of the catalogue. The final section is devoted to the regal issues of the principal kingdoms of the Hellenistic Age ending with Cleopatra VII of Egypt whose death brought to an end the Ptolemaic dynasty in Egypt.

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Greek Imperial Coins

SEAR, D R   Greek Imperial Coins and their Values
The Local Coinage of the Roman Empire. London 1982. Reprinted 1997. xxxvi, 636 pages, illustrated throughout with over 1,750 photographs, 10 maps. Valuations. Cloth. This catalogue is unique in providing the collector with the only comprehensive and authoritative guide devoted specifically to the local coinages of the Roman Empire, undoubtedly the most neglected series in the whole of ancient classical numismatics. Greek Imperial coins span more than three centuries from Augustus to Diocletian, and were issued at over six hundred mints from Spain in the west to Mesopotamia in the east. The catalogue is arranged in three sections; first, the coins bearing the heads of emperors and empresses are catalogued in their chronological sequence, reign by reign. This arrangement aids the collector in identification and emphasises the true importance of the local series as a complement to the empire-wide Roman state coinage. Within each reign the issues are placed in their traditional geographical sequence, as are the quasi-autonomous coins (those without imperial names and portraits) which are listed separately in section two. The third section of the catalogue lists contemporary coinages - the products of independent and semi-independent states belonging to the same era as Greek Imperial issues - and, in many instances, completes the listing begun in the two volumes of Greek Coins and their Values. In addition to cataloguing and valuing over 6,000 coins, full information is provided on all aspects of the subjects, types and inscriptions, magistrates' titles, city epithets, dates and eras, denominations and marks of value and a full alphabetical listing of all the mints (with ethnics) engaged in the production of Greek Imperial coins.

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Greek Coin Types and their Identification

PLANT R   Greek Coins Types and their Identification
343 pages, illustrated with line drawings. Card covers. First published in 1979. In this book, Richard Plant has taken nearly 3,000 Greek coins, concentrating on types which may not be immediately identifiable from their inscriptions or subjects represented, and has broadly analysed them according to their characteristic types and grouped them accordingly. The book's ease of use will make it an invaluable aid to the identification of Greek coins for everyone from the beginner to the professional.

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Coinage in the Greek World

CARRADICE I & PRICE M J   Coinage in the Greek World
154 pages with 16 plates. Card covers. Originally published in 1988. The development and use of coinage in the Greek world is surveyed in this book from its introduction in the 7th century BC to the late Hellenistic period. Coins can illuminate many facets of history and here the focus is on the reasons why they were circulated and how they were used. As a result, there is a wealth of information that has been gathered in one place for the first time.

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Etudes d'histoire monetaire

LE RIDER G   Etudes d'histoire Monetaire et Financiere du Monde Grec
Ecrits 1958-1998. 3 volumes. 456; 580; 418 pages, All fully illustrated with computer enhanced plates. Cloth. The collected articels of Georges Le Rider in three volumes. Text in French. Edited by Eleni Papaefthymiou, Francois de Callatay and Francois Queyrel. Published by the Hellenic Numismatic Society, Athens.

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The Coinage of Kamarina

WESTERMARK U & JENKINS K   The Coinage of Kamarina
RNS Special Publication no. 9. London 1980. 284 pages, 40 plates, folding map. Casebound, jacket. The city of Kamarina produced coins during the fifth and fourth-centuries BC which are among the most beautiful and attractive ever made in ancient Greek Sicily, often rivalling the work of larger mints such as Syracuse. Characteristic types are the river-god Hipparis, the nymph Kamarina riding on a swan, and the head of Herakles wearing the lion-skin; there are also racing chariots, the goddess Athena and her sacred owl, the Gorgon, and Nike. Several of the greatest artists of the late fifth-century engraved dies of this coinage - Exakestidas, Euainetos and others whose names are fragmentary or unknown. The coins are presented in their historical and artistic context with numerous enlargements and other illustrations. The authors have been able to add significantly to an initial collection of material made by the late Prof. Eunice Work, and the catalogue covers the holdings of museum and private collections throughout Europe and America.

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Historia Numorum., Italy

RUTTER N K   Historia Numorum
Italy. 2001. 240 pages, 48 plates. Casebound. This radically revised and updated version of Historia Numorum has been in preparation since long before Sir Edward Robinson's death in 1976. He has decided to devote the first fascicule to the Greek coinages of Italy, and such scholars as the late Humphrey Sutherland, Colin Kraay, and Martin Price have been associated with the project. Keith Rutter has now published the first of a series of volumes that will eventually complete the task envisaged by Robinson. The next volume to appear will be that covering Sicily. Keith Rutter will be the principal editor of that volume. Highly recommended and invaluable for anyone interested in the series. Written to provide a clear and detailed account of the coinage of the prosperous southern Italy. The book also details the coinages of the cities of Etruria and northeastern Italy. Arranged geographically, the mints within each area are the also listed alphabetically. Included are details of the historical or geographical background and an examination of the metals, weight standards and chronology. At the end of the book is a plate section containing a wide selection of illustrations of the mints discussed, as well as four maps of the area. Historia Numorum is fully indexed for ease of reference; the indexes include reverse types and proper names.

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Indo-Greek and Indo-Scythian Coinage, volume I

MITCHINER, M   Indo-Greek and Indo-Scythian Coinage, volume I
The Early Indo-Greeks and their Antecedants: Alexander the Great, the Satraps of Egypt, Babylon, Ecbatana, Bactria and Kapisa: the seleucids: circa 330 to 150BC. Sanderstead 1975. xxix, 102 pages; 72 half page plates, maps, tables. Card covers.

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ndo-Greek and Indo-Scythian Coinage, volume II

MITCHINER, M   Indo-Greek and Indo-Scythian Coinage, volume II
The Apogee of the Indo-Greeks; circa 160 to 120 BC. Sanderstead 1975. Viii, 80, xx pages, 60 half-page plates, maps, tables. Card covers. Cover similar to Volume I.

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Indo-Greek and Indo-Scythian Coinage, volume III

MITCHINER, M   Indo-Greek and Indo-Scythian Coinage, volume III
The Decline of the Indo-Greeks; circa 130 to 0 BC. Sanderstead 1975. Vii, 101, xx pages, 76 half-page plates, maps, tables. Card covers. Cover similar to Volume I.

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Indo-Greek and Indo-Scythian Coinage, volume IV

MITCHINER, M   Indo-Greek and Indo-Scythian Coinage, volume IV
Contemporaries of the Indo-Greeks: Kings of Sogdiana; Scythians of Merv, Choresmia and Balkh; Yueh Chi and early Kushans; Indian states of Taxila-Gandhara and the Punjab: Audumbara, Kuninda etc. Indo-Greek mints, coin denominations and forgeries. Sanderstead 1975. Viii, 108, xxii pages, 41 half-page plates, maps, tables. Card covers. Cover similar to Volume I.

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Indo-Greek and Indo-Scythian Coinage, volume V

MITCHINER, M   Indo-Greek and Indo-Scythian Coinage, volume V
Establishment of the Scythians in Afghanistan and Pakistan: The Parthians, the dynasty of the Otannes and Vomones, the conquest of Maues: circa 130 to 140 BC. Sanderstead 1976. Vi, 90, xxii, 4 pages, 56 half-page plates, maps, tables. Card covers. Cover Similar to Volume I.

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Indo-Greek and Indo-Scythian Coinage, volume VI

MITCHINER, M   Indo-Greek and Indo-Scythian Coinage, volume VI
Indo-Greek and Indo-Scythian Coinage vol. 6: The Dynasty of Azes, circa 60 to 0 BC. Sandersetad 1976. Vi, 99, xvii pages, 78 half-page plates, maps, tables. Card covers. Cover Similar to Volume I.

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Indo-Greek and Indo-Scythian Coinage, volume VII

MITCHINER, M   Indo-Greek and Indo-Scythian Coinage, volume VII
The Decline of the Indo-Scythians: the satraps Zeionises, Kharahostes, Rujuvula etc.: Contemporaries of the Indo-Scythians: the Yaudheyas, Arjunayanas, various Janapadas etc. Sanderstead 1976. Vi, 93, xix pages, 67 half-page plates, maps, tables. Card covers. Cover Similar to Volume I.

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Indo-Greek and Indo-Scythian Coinage, volume VIII

MITCHINER, M   Indo-Greek and Indo-Scythian Coinage, volume VIII
The Indo-Parthians: their Kushan neighbours. Sanderstead 1976. Vi, 109, xix pages, 65 half-page plates, maps, tables. Card covers. Cover Similar to Volume I.

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Indo-Greek and Indo-Scythian Coinage, volume IX

MITCHINER, M   Indo-Greek and Indo-Scythian Coinage, volume IX
Greeks, Sakas and other contemporaries in central and southern India: Indo-Parthians, Western Satraps, Chutus, Abhiras, Satavahanas etc. Sanderstead 1976. Iv, 140, xx pages, 80 half-page plates, maps, tables. Card covers. Cover Similar to Volume I.

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Indo-Greek... Vo I - IX Complete

MITCHINER, M   Indo-Greek and Indo-Scythian Coinage, volumes I - IX
This study commences at the time when Alexander the Great conquered the Persian Empire and extended the Greek world as far as the Punjab. The traditional Persian practice of permitting provincial governors (Satraps) to issue their own coins has produced an interesting series of satrapal coins extending from Egypt and Babylon to the Kabul valley where Alexander's father-in-law Oxyartes struck a few coins while satrap during the 320's BC. The more homogeneous coinage of the succeeding Seleucid Empire came to an end, so far as the Eastern provinces were concerned, when they declared their independence during the 250's BC. The Indo-Greek's rose to prominence as they re-conquered southern provinces whose ownership had passed from Alexander and Seleucos to the Indian King Chandragupta Maurya. Cover Similar to Volume I.

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Studies in Ancient Coinage from Turkey

ASHTON R   Studies in Ancient Coinage from Turkey
London 1996. viii, 160; 69 plates, illustrating some 1,600 coins. Casebound. Royal Numismatic Society Special Publication No.29. "The principal purpose of this volume is to make accessible the work of Turkish scholars in the field of ancient numismatics, both by translation of articles already published in Turkish periodicals and by the presentation for the first time of other material in Turkish museums and registered private collections. Several British scholars have also either contributed their own work or collaborated with their Turkish colleagues in joint articles. The book includes reports on seven hoards of Greek and Greek Imperial coins and four hoards of Roman Imperial coins and catalogues six other collections of mostly provenanced coins. In addition there are three other essays including a die-study of the extensive bronze coinage of Gordian III minted at Caesarea in Cappadocia".

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Essays in Honour..

JESSOP PRICE M BURNETT A & BLAND R   Essays in Honour of G K Jenkins and R A G Carson
London, 1993. 296 pages, 48 plates. Casebound. A major collection of 30 Essays by leading numismatists marking the 75th birthdays of two past keepers of the Coins and Medals Department at the British Museum. The names of Carson and Jenkins have for many years typified the tradition of classical numismatics at the British Museum and in Great Britain. Both joined the British Museum in 1947. Robert Carson rapidly became established as one of the leading Roman numismatists of the day, actively involved in societies and organisations, particularly the Royal Numismatic Society and the International Numismatic Commission, both of which he was President. Kenneth Jenkins devoted himself to the study of Greek numismatics. The bibliography of his work illustrates the way in which he has been able to revolutionise our understanding of many areas of Greek coinage, in particular that of the western Mediterranean (Sicily & Carthage). His interests extended much further and there is no part of the Greek world in which he has failed to be informative, even remote areas such as Greek India.

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Coins of Macedonia and Rome

BURNETT A, WARTENBURG U & WITSCHONKE R   Coins of Macedonia and Rome
Essays in honour of Charles Hersh. London, 1998. Xii, 230 pages, 34 plates including a frontispiece portrait. Casebound in cloth. This important volume includes 22 articles on the coinage of ancient Macedonai and the Roman Republic, the two areas of numismatics in which Charles Hersh has been particularly interested. The volume has been published to celebrate his 75th birthday, and has brought together articles by leading scholars on the coinage of Macedonia from the 5th century to the 1st century BC and on the Roman Republican coinage from the quadrigatus to the end of the Republic.

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The Silver Coinage of Velia

WILLIAMS R T   The Silver Coinage of Velia
London 1992. xii, 152 pages, 47 plates. Casebound. Royal Numismatic Society Special Publication No.25. "In this book Roderic Williams provides for the first time a complete corpus and die-study of all the silver coins struck by the Greek city of Velia in Southern Italy. These coins, many of which were of the highest artistic quality, were issued over a period of some 250 years from shortly after the foundation of the city in the second half of the sixth century BC to the invasion of Pyrrhus in c.275 BC. The bulk of the work consists of a catalogue of specimens, divided into eleven sections. Each section contains introductory text followed by the catalogue. There are more than 600 catalogue entries, each of which contains up to 50 individual pieces. A series of 47 high-quality plates illustrates all the die-combinations. The text sets the coinage in its historical context as well as discussing the style, designs and arrangement of the coins themselves. A full study of the coinage of this important city has never been undertaken before and the book represents a major advance in the field of south Italian numismatics and will be the standard work on the subject for many years; it will also be indispensable for students of the history of the Greek colonies in southern Italy."

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JENKINS, G.K. Coins in History: Ancient Greek Coins.

JENKINS G K   Coins in History: Ancient Greek Coins
192 Pages, with 8 Colour Plates. Casebound with Jacket. Originally published in 1990. In this work, the author has presen