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Historia Numorum

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Historia Numorum
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Head, Barclay V. HISTORIA NUMORUM: A MANUAL OF GREEK NUMISMATICS. New and enlarged edition. London, 1911. Thick 4to, original crimson cloth, gilt; original printed jacket. lxxxviii, 966, (2), (2) pages; tables in the text; 399 text illustrations of coins; 5 plate tables. A few annotations; chip out of jacket. Near fine. The original printing of the preferred second edition of this landmark work, in the rarely seen printed dust-jacket. Though outdated in some respects, Historia Numorum remains the standard and most comprehensive single volume reference work ever written on ancient Greek coins. Daehn 52. Grierson 51-52. Kroh 7. See catalogue for full description.