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LES MÉDAILLES DE MARINUS [AND] QUELQUES MONUMENTS PHÉNICIENS

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LES MÉDAILLES DE MARINUS [AND] QUELQUES MONUMENTS PHÉNICIENS
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Tôchon d’Annecy, J(oseph) F(rançois). MÉMOIRE SUR LES MÉDAILLES DE MARINUS, FRAPPÉES À PHILIPPOPOLIS. A Paris, L.G. Michaud, 1817. Printed title page with engraved depiction of both sides of a coin of Marinus; 58, (2) pages, blank leaf; 1 text engraving; 1 engraved full-page plate depicting Médailles de Marinus, de l’Empereur Philippe et de sa Famille. [bound with] Barthélemy, Abbé. LETTRE A MONSIEUR LE MARQUIS OLIVIERI, AU SUJET DE QUELQUES MONUMENTS PHÉNICIENS. A Paris, L.F. Delatour, 1766. (2), 45, (3) pages; woodcut device to title; woodcut headpiece; 4 plates, two of them folding, three depicting alphabets and one depicting Médailles Puniques. 4to [25.5 by 19.5], later tan cloth and marbled boards; printed spine label reading only NUMISMATIQUE. Fine. The first work examines the coins issued in the name of Julius Marinus, the deified father of Philip the Arab. Leitzmann 140. The second is by the French writer and noted numismatist Jean Jacques Barthelemy (1716–95) and, among other topics, discusses Punic coins. Barthelemy would go on to write the well-known Voyage du jeune Anacharsis en Grèce. Dekesel B91. Both works are rare.