GREEK. Die Elektronmunzen von Phokaia und Mytilene. Friedrich Bodenstedt (Tubingen, 1981). x, 390 pages with 63 plates, together with maps, tables, and indices, in green cloth with gilt and dust jacket. The standard reference for the electrum hekte coinage of Phokaia and Mytilene, long regarded as the essential tool for serious attribution, comparison, and study of these fascinating early issues. A major specialist work, still regularly sought after by collectors and researchers, and increasingly difficult to obtain in the market. An example appeared in CNG eAuction 371, lot 198, hammering at $180 excluding the buyer?s fee. Covers with light wear and shelf dust, spine fading, showing age and use; overall the book is in VG condition. From the personal reference library of David Allen, a well known numismatist, formed over more than 50 years and used as a long term reference for research, attribution, and catalogue work.

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