EARLY MEDIEVAL AND ISLAMIC. Indo-Greek, Indo-Scythian and Indo-Parthian Coins in the Smithsonian Institution. Osmund Bopearachchi (Washington, Smithsonian Institution, 1993). Hardcover with dust jacket, 143 pages with map and 41 fine plates, printed in India for the Smithsonian. A compact and very useful institutional catalogue of the Smithsonian holdings of Indo-Greek, Indo-Scythian, and Indo-Parthian coinage, especially valuable for attribution and close comparison across these closely related and often complex series, with strong plate coverage that makes it an efficient working reference at the desk. Covers with light wear and shelf dust, spine fading, showing age and use; lamination to the dust jacket lightly wrinkled as issued, 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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