GREEK. Numismatique de la Crete Ancienne, accompagnee de l?Histoire, la Geographie et la Mythologie de l?Ile. J. N. Svoronos (Bonn, 1972 reprint of the 1890 original). Hardcover, 376 pages with 38 plates, gilt lettering. A very important classic reference on the ancient coinage of Crete, uniting a substantial numismatic corpus with the wider historical, geographical, and mythological background of the island, and still regularly consulted and cited for the study of Cretan types, mints, and series. 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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