Lot 4323

Description

Sheedy, Kenneth; Carson, Robert; Walmsley, Alan, ed. Kate da Costa; Pella in Jordan, 1979-1990, The Coins, Sydney, NSW, 2001, xi + 183 pp., 15 plates. soft cover; Thompson, Margaret; Morkholm, Otto and Kraay, Colin M., An Inventory of Greek Coin Hoards, International Numismatic Commission by American Numismatic Society, New York, 1973, 408pp; Sylloge Nummorum Graecorum, The Collection of the American Numismatic Society, Part 7, Macedonia I: Cities, Thraco-Macedonian Tribes, Paeonian Kings, 1062 coins described and illustrated, New York, 1987; Sylloge Nummorum Graecorum, The Collection of the American Numismatic Society, Part 8, Macedonia II: Alexander I - Philip II, 1005 coins described and illustrated, New York, 1994. All as new. (4)

The first book on the coins found at Pella in Jordan, reviewed in 2002 edition of Numismatic Chronicle. The second book lists and briefly describes 2387 ancient Greek coin hoards. These are arranged by period and place of burial, together with extensive indexes. A most important addition to the literature of Greek coinage.