Lot 5132

Description

Metcalf, William E, The Cistophori of Hadrian: American Numismatic Society (Numismatic Studies No.15), New York, 1980, 164pps, 31 plates; together with Coins from the Excavations at Curium, 1932-1953, (NN&M 145), ANS, New York, 1959, 125pp, 10 plates. First with hard cover, asnew condition. (2)

First is the standard work on this coinage of this series, providing a listing of all known published examples of the cistophoric coinage of Hadrian. The excavations at Curium lists 753 coins found on the site from Greek to Medieval period, important for the late Ptolemaic Egyptian material.