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Auction 162  22 Jan 2022
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Lot 314

Starting price: 100 USD
Price realized: 110 USD
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Five Later Volumes, Bound to Match
American Numismatic Society. AMERICAN JOURNAL OF NUMISMATICS AND PROCEEDINGS OF THE AMERICAN NUMISMATIC SOCIETY. Volume XLVIII (New York, 1914 [published in 1915]). Frontispiece; (6), 218, lviii pages; 31 plates. [with] AMERICAN JOURNAL OF NUMISMATICS... Volume XLIX (New York, 1915 [published in 1916]). Frontispiece; (4), 212, lxviii pages; text illustrations; 27 plates. [with] AMERICAN JOURNAL OF NUMISMATICS. Volume L (New York, 1916 [published in 1917]). ix, (1), 311, (1) pages. [with] AMERICAN JOURNAL OF NUMISMATICS. Volume LI (New York, 1917 [published in 1918]). (4), 183, (1), ii, 48 pages; text illustrations; portrait plate; 13 additional plates. [with] AMERICAN JOURNAL OF NUMISMATICS. Volume LII (New York, 1918 [published in 1919]). (4), 127, (1) pages; 20 plates. Five volumes. 4to, contemporary matching maroon pebbled cloth, gilt; original printed paper covers bound in. Generally near fine. Five annual volumes of this landmark publication. Volume XLVIII is a large issue, including Howland Wood on the cut and countermarked coins of the West Indies, Eugene Courteau's work on the Wellington tokens, Baldwin's "Electrum and Silver Coins of Chios," Belden on the "War Medals of the Confederacy," and much else. Important articles in Volume XLIX include Belden on U.S. war medals, McLachlan on the copper tokens of Upper Canada, and Baldwin on the symbols on Greek coins. The final 68 pages constitute the ANS proceedings for 1915–1916. Volume L consists of the first edition of Albert R. Frey's A Dictionary of Numismatic Names. A classic reference; still indispensable. Volume LI includes Newell's "Seleucid Mint of Antioch" and the index for the first 50 volumes of the AJN. Volume LII includes Comparette's "Aes Signatum" and Newell's "Tarsos under Alexander."
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