Lot 564

Description

Meshorer, Ya`akov and Qedar, Shraga., The Coinage of Samaria in the Fourth Century BCE, 84 pps., 52 plates, Jerusalem, 1991; Tameanko, Marvin., Monumental Coins, Buildings & Structures on Ancient Coinage, Krause, Iola, 1999, 242 pp., 212 illustrations, including8 plates, illustrated throughout. As new and useful, both very fine. (2)

The first an important work that established a coinage for a new ancient country that was never known to issue coinage, Samaria is a new phenomenon in the coinage of the Holy Land. The recording of the many different types and the extensive account of the Samaria Hoard with every coin illustrated with real and enlarged photos and fully described, makes this book indispensible to the collector of this series and Jewish coins. The second book is a 'bountiful tapestry of numismatics, history and architecture that explores the buildings found on ancient coins and the historical and cultural importance of these structures.