Lot 2491

Description

Tameanko, Marvin, Monumental Coins, Buildings & Structures on Ancient Coinage, Krause, Iola, 1999, 242 pp., 212 illustrations, including 8 plates, illustrated throughout; Price, Martin Jessop, Coins, An Illustrated London, 1980, 320 pp., over 1500 illustrations throughout; Cribb, Joe, Cook, Barrie, and Carradice, Ian, (in association with Spink & Son), The Coin Atlas, The World of Coinage from its origins to the present day, 337 pp, illustrated throughout, MacDonald, Singapore, 1990. First as new with dust cover, second very fine with dust cover and slipcase, third very fine with dust cover. (3)

The book on monumental coins 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.