Mild Staining to boards. Mild water damage along inner hinges but has not penetrated text. ; Chapters include Sikka, Sassanian, Arab, Byzantine, Umayyad, Abbasid, Sa'di Sharifs, Fatimids, Ayyubids, Mamluks and more... ; 318 pages View More...
Very Light foxing to top of textblock. Tiny red pen mark to rear endpaper (arrow). Minor shelfwear. ; Looks at the history and administration of the provinces of the Ptolemaic Empire outside Egypt including: Cyrenaica, Cyprus, Phoenicia, Palestine, Coele-Syria, and various parts of Asia Minor and the Greek Islands also looks at Coinage. ; Columbia Studies in the Classical Tradition IV; 301 pages View More...
Slip tipped in "with the compliments of the author and the Sardis Expedition". Foxing/dustsoiling to top of textblock. Minor rubbing and chipping to DJ. ; Archaeological Exploration of Sardis Monograph No. 1; 178 pages View More...
Small stain to front boards. Small Personal library labels attached to spines. Front hinge cracked of textband. ; Tafelband: 38 pp + 102 plates. Textband: 420 pp; 4to 11" - 13" tall View More...
Cover has adhesive stain from former sticker on bottom corner. Normal shelfwear and rubbing. ; Publication of coins found at Sardis from the 1958 to August 18th, 1972. The Byzantine section includes only coins from the 1969 season onward. ; Archaeological Exploration of Sardis; 274 pages View More...
Very faint shelfwear; Excavations conducted at Morgantina in Sicily by Princeton University. ; Morgantina Studes Vol. II; Vol. 2; 11.0 X 8.4 X 1.1 inches; 245 pages View More...
Very light shelfwear to book. DJ has creasing to upper edge. ; Essays in Italian; Atti Accademia Peloritana Dei Pericolanti, Suppl. N. 1, Vol. LXIX (1993) ; 516 pages View More...
Binding slanted. Wraps browned with some edgewear (light chipping). Light underlining to a couple of pages. Scholar's name to ffep (Christian Habicht). ; Li, 327pp, illustrated. ; Studia Hellenistica 16; 327 pages View More...
Spine slightly discolored. Very light edgewear else Fine. ; British Museum Occasional Paper Number 120; 161 pages; This volume has two distinct sections. The first records and comments upon the results of L. H. Cope's metallurgical analyses of Roman Imperial coins. The commentary is based on Cope's own thesis and publications, and also takes into account work published since his death. The second part is a detailed analysis of coins from the period AD 260-275, which provides comprehensive analysis of a range of elements from a large sample, to answer questions raised by Cope on differences in ... View More...
Ex-library copy with usual stamps, call numbers and pocket. Otherwise Fine. ; Study of the function of the "Divine Right" of Royal Titles in the historical development of Europe treated as an onomastic problem concentrating on the ritual or legalistic function. It begins with early concepts of the divine nature of kingship in pre-christian society and traces it to the present day. Looks at Roman Emperors from Coins; Merovingian French kings from coins; Early English Kings; Later English Kings from coins; Studies in European History; Vol. 22; 280 pages View More...
Small sticker stain to ffep. Minor shelfwear to book. DJ is price-clipped. Some rubbing and chipping to DJ. DJ spine sunned. Dustjacket is protected in plastic sleeve. ; Reprint of Donaldson's Architectura Numismaticia, with a preface by J. E. McCarthy; Argonaut Library of Antiquities; 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall; 361 pages View More...
Very light edgewear to corners of wraps. ; 0.69 x 8.96 x 6 Inches; 320 pages; This book discusses minting and financial policy in the first three centuries of the Roman Empire. By studying Roman coin-survivals in a wider context, the author uncovers important facts about the origin of coin hoards of the Principate. The resulting analyses use extensive coin material collected for the first time. Dr. Duncan-Jones builds up a picture of minting, financial policy and monetary circulation that adds substantially to our knowledge and that stands as the only study of its kind for this period. View More...
Ex-library copy with usual stamps, call numbers and pocket. Gift plate to front inner cover. Fraying to top of spine. ; Xii, 172pp, 10pls. ; Corinth Volume VI; 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall; 172 pages View More...
Light creasing to upper corners. Small abrasion area along top edge of rear wrap. ; Pp 53-63. Text in Italian. ; Estratto Dalla Rivista Italiana Di Numismatica E Scienze Affini Vol. XCIV - 1992; 10 pages View More...
Some foxing. Scholar's bookplate to ffep (G. P. Goold) with additional name in ink. Minor shelfwear to book. DJ is price-clipped. DJ is worn with chipping and tears. ; 324 pages View More...
Creasing to spine. A bit of colour loss. Scholar's name to ffep (Jenifer Neils). ; A Galaxy Book ; GB 440; 7.9 X 5.3 X 0.5 inches; 211 pages View More...
Front wrap is very wavy-- (moisture damage? ) with slight waviness to ffep. Inscribed by author to Gerald Jordan on ffep. ; 132 pages; Signed by Author View More...
Scholar's name to ffep (Jenifer Neils). DJ is yellowed with 1 small tear. Top edge of DJ creased. ; The World of Numismatics; 9.4 X 7.5 X 1.7 inches; 310 pages View More...
Scholar's name to ffep (Christian Habicht) ; corners a bit bumped. ; Sonderdruck aus Jahrbuch für Numismatik unf Geldgeschichte, herausgegeben von der Bayerischen Numismatischen Gesellshaft 17. Jahrgang 1967 pp 157-298. ; 141 pages View More...
Wraps browned. Inscribed by author on front cover, a few ink notes and underlining, else VG. ; Reprinted from the Numismatic Chronicle, 6th series, Vol. XVII (1957) , pp16-83, pls3-8. ; Reprinted from the Numismatic Chronicle, 6th Series, Vol. XVII (1957) ; 67 pages; Signed by Author View More...
Light browning to part of textblock. Top corner bumped. ; This book was designed to complement the 1977 exhibition at the British Museum. It has been assembled to show the wealth of the ancient world as it entered into a period of barbaric invasion and taste. ; 192 pages View More...
Ex-library copy with usual stamps, call numbers and pocket. Light foxing. Corners bumped. Edgewear along bottom edge; Published by the British School of Archaeology in Egypt and Bernard Quaritch. Contents: Egyptian Festivals and Nile Shrines; Heliacal rising of Sirius; Application of the Kalendar to History; Length of egyptian History; Nomes of Egypt; Island of Besa; The Roman Coinage of Alexandria; Roman Glazing Kilns; Linen of the Third Dynasty; An egyptian Hippocampus; Figure-Vases in Egypt. ; British School of Archaeology in Egypt Studies. Vol. II; Folio 13" - 23" tall View More...
Scholar's name to ffep (Jenifer Neils). DJ has 1 tear along upper edge (3 cm). Some small tears to DJ. Light soiling to front panel of DJ. ; The Library Of Numismatics; 12.4 X 9.5 X 1.9 inches; 390 pages View More...
Minor edgewear to wraps. ; The invention of coinage in ancient Greece provided an arena in which rival political groups struggled to imprint their views on the world. Here Leslie Kurke analyzes the ideological functions of Greek coinage as one of a number of symbolic practices that arise for the first time in the archaic period. By linking the imagery of metals and coinage to stories about oracles, prostitutes, Eastern tyrants, counterfeiting, retail trade, and games, she traces the rising egalitarian ideology of the polis, as well as the ongoing resistance of an elitist tradition to that deve... View More...
Minor creasing to spine. ; Ausstellungsreihe Der Münzsammlung Der Universität Tübingen / Von Krösus Bis Zu König Wilhelm. Antike Welt, Heft 1; 31 pages View More...
2 corners are bumped. ; Oversized. XLIV-379 p. , 139 ill. , 35 pl. Photo. Dont 8 en couleurs; Meletemata 64; Centre De Recherches De L'Antiquite Grecque Et Romaine. Fondation Nationale De La Recherche Scientifique; 379 pages; Au cours du IVe siècle avant J. -C. , certains royaumes chypriotes frappent des monnaies d'or, phénomène d?autant plus remarquable qu?en dehors des dariques en or du Grand Roi achéménide, la frappe de ce métal est extrêmement rare avant l?émission de statères d?or de Philippe II de Macédoine. Quels sont les rois chypriotes qui ont frappé des monnaies en or ? Dans quels ro... View More...
Very faint bump to top of spine else fine. ; Stapled booklet. Metcalf examines how coinage can provide evidence for the study of the changing prosperity of Medieval Cyprus. Following an overview of his subject, the author focuses on two examples: the first concerns the effects on monetary economy caused by the loss of Famagusta to the Genoese in 1371. The second explores the effect of the Arab raids on the coinage of Cyprus during the second half of the seventh century. Both examples shed light on the methods required for establishing the relation between Coinage and History. The first half of... View More...
Wraps are tanned and have some tear. Some pencil underlining and marginalia. 1 page of plates has been clipped to remove certain coins -- therefore plates at end are incomplete. Reading copy only. ; 28 pages of plates at end. Important study in which Bluma Trell used coins as an aid to archaeology. She pushed the study forward, especially in the use of bronze coins, which had previously been neglected. A model she constructed of the temple of Artemis based on coin illustrations was displayed for a time in the British Museum. ; Numismatic Notes and Monographs 68; 12mo 7" - 7½" tall; 67 pages View More...
Dustjacket is protected in mylar. ; 0.72 x 9.48 x 6.2 Inches; 216 pages; Roman coins often shed light on Roman public life and society through the legends, portraits, and images they bear. The papers collected in this volume were originally presented at the Second E. Togo Salmon Conference on Roman Studies. The eight contributors are specialists in Roman coins or Roman history and in the relations between them. Coins are a unique source of information about the Roman world. In the case of the Roman Empire they were issued by or with the approval of the ruling power. The representations and leg... View More...
0.72 x 9.48 x 6.2 Inches; 216 pages; Roman coins often shed light on Roman public life and society through the legends, portraits, and images they bear. The papers collected in this volume were originally presented at the Second E. Togo Salmon Conference on Roman Studies. The eight contributors are specialists in Roman coins or Roman history and in the relations between them. Coins are a unique source of information about the Roman world. In the case of the Roman Empire they were issued by or with the approval of the ruling power. The representations and legends they show therefore present an ... View More...
Light bump to 1 corner. Scholar's bookplate to inner cover (G. P. Goold). Foxing/dustsoiling to top of textblock. DJ has foxing and 1 small tear with some chipping. ; 9.8 X 7.5 X 1.1 inches; 298 pages View More...
Light shelfwear to book. DJ has minor rubbing and shelfwear with 1 small closed tear. ; xiv+34pp+14pp+3 color + 42 b+w plates.; 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall View More...
Binding rubbed at extremities, a few faint spots on spine, else VG. Some tanning to pages. With a brief note from Bluma Trell laid in, commenting on the lack of coverage of Greek imperial issues. ; 204pp + 45pls. ; 204 pages View More...
