GREEK. Essays in Greek Coinage Presented to Stanley Robinson. C. M. Kraay and G. K. Jenkins (eds.) (Oxford, Clarendon Press, 1968). Hardcover with jacket, 263 pages, 33 black and white plates. A substantial Festschrift bringing together seventeen specialist studies by leading scholars, offering a wide sweep of Greek numismatic research from the earliest electrum and archaic issues through classical and Hellenistic problems, with several papers of lasting value for chronology, mint organization, metrology, portraiture, and the interpretation of types and legends. Topics range from electrum coins from Gordion, observations on Wappenmunzen, and the earliest Athenian ?Owls,? to early Tarentine chronology, fifth-century issues of Kos, early Greek bronze coinage, new evidence for the gold-silver ratio, Lycian coin portraits, Corinthian trihemidrachms, the electrum coinage of Syracuse, the mints of Lysimachus, and Hellenistic issues of Byzantium and Chalcedon, with further studies extending to related fields including the Roman victoriate and Cappadocian royal coinages, all supported by well chosen plates for close comparative work. Paper cover with tiny tears, original book cover is in great condition, overall VG from many years of use. 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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