Lot 3756

Description

Imhoof-Blumer, F., & Gardiner, P., Ancient Coins illustrating Lost Masterpieces of Greek Art, A Numismatic Commentary of Pausanias, reprint by Argonaut publishers, Chicago, 1964 edited and enlarged by Al. N. Oikonomides, 78 + 176 pps, 39 plates; Regling, Kurt., Ancient Numismatics, An Introduction to the Coinage of Greece and Rome, Reprint in English, trans by Terry Merz, 1969, 79 pp. Both hard bound with dust jackets and nearly as new. (2)

First most important for Greek coin identification and the illustrations of lost ancient masterpieces, many of the coins illustrated are not easily found illustrated elsewhere. Second book an important source for terms and studies on Greek coinage, although written originally in 1930, much of the comments are relevant today.