NumisBids
  
Davissons Ltd.
E-Auction 18  7 December 2016
View prices realized

Lot 168

Estimate: 100 USD
Price realized: 90 USD
Find similar lots
Share this lot: Share by Email
GREEK COIN REFERENCE LOT (all hardcover except for the Hazzard volume). 1. Ward, John. GREEK COINS AND THEIR PARENT CITIES. London. 1902. 464 pages. Brown cloth with embossed (silver) images of tetradrachm of Lysimachos and Syracuse. This is a major work in the history of numismatic books on Greek coins; heavily detailed with background and history as well as a catalog of coins, it has 22 high quality collotype plates. Minor foxing on end pages, boards tight but cloth separated along spine in back; inscribed: "To Sir Edward J Poynte Bart with the kind regards of The Author, John Ward. London 26 June 1902." 2. Poole, et al. CATALOGUE OF GREEK COINS IN THE BRITISH MUSEUM, SELEUCID KINGS OF SYRIA. BMC volume IV. Standard reference, coins listing, 28 plates. Durst reprint--not the quality of the regular reprints but perfectly serviceable. As new. 3. Hazzard, R. PTOLEMAIC COINS AN INTRODUCTION FOR COLLECTORS. 1995. 132 pages, card covers. A well illustrated background of the series. As new. 4. Klawans, Zander. AN OUTLINE OF ANCIENT GREEK COINS. 1959. 208 pages. Whitman Publishing. Handbook size, a heavily illustrated overview of ancient Greek coinage; from the clear maps in the front through the guides to types and the coin images of rulers the book is an excellent introduction. Maroon cloth, covers a bit scuffed, contents generally fine.
Question about this auction? Contact Davissons Ltd.