GREEK. Amphipolis: The Civic Coinage in Silver and Gold. Catherine C. Lorber (Los Angeles, Numismatic Fine Arts International, Inc., 1990). Large format, 22 ? 29 cm, 196 pages with 31 superb plates, seven indices, bibliography, and three appendices, hardbound in brown cloth with gilt lettering and dust jacket. A major die study of Amphipolis, one of the most artistic civic coinages of ancient Greece, recording more than 100 tetradrachms and over 150 silver fractions with all known die combinations, illustrated with enlargements and comparison pieces, and including a separate listing of known forgeries. The volume also provides important sections on the history of Amphipolis, hoards, earlier scholarship, stylistic development, and the full catalogue, based on the earlier work of Willy Schwabacher and with a metrology contribution by Wayne E. McGovern, making it an essential and now difficult to obtain reference for serious work on the 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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