Kolbe & Fanning
Auction 165 3 Dec 2022
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Walker, John. A CATALOGUE OF THE ARAB-BYZANTINE AND POST-REFORM UMAIYAD COINS. London, 1956. First edition. 8vo, original green cloth, gilt. civ, 329, (1) pages; tables; text illustrations; 31 fine plates. Small tear to front flyleaf, else fine. British Museum Catalogue of Muhammadan Coins, Volume II. Still absolutely necessary for the series, with historical information not easily found elsewhere (especially for the coins issued following Caliph ÔAbd al-Malik's coinage reform). Never reprinted, unlike the Arab-Sassanian volume. Clain-Stefanelli 5886.* Grierson 228.
Estimate: 300 USD
Walker, John. A CATALOGUE OF THE ARAB-BYZANTINE AND POST-REFORM UMAIYAD COINS. London, 1956. First edition. 8vo, original green cloth, gilt. civ, 329, (1) pages; tables; text illustrations; 31 fine plates. Small tear to front flyleaf, else fine. British Museum Catalogue of Muhammadan Coins, Volume II. Still absolutely necessary for the series, with historical information not easily found elsewhere (especially for the coins issued following Caliph ÔAbd al-Malik's coinage reform). Never reprinted, unlike the Arab-Sassanian volume. Clain-Stefanelli 5886.* Grierson 228.
Estimate: 300 USD