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Plant: Greek, Semitic, Asiatic Coins and How to Read Them

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Plant: Greek, Semitic, Asiatic Coins and How to Read Them
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Plant, Richard J. GREEK, SEMITIC, ASIATIC COINS AND HOW TO READ THEM. Scorpion Publishers. 1979. 8vo. x, 257, (1) pages. Amherst. original maroon cloth, gilt. line text illustrations. Fine. Inscribed by the author. This book is meant to supply the know-how, or some of the know-how, that may enable the reader to be able to read Greek, Semantic, and Asiatic coins. The author covers the European Alphabets for Greek and Roman coinage; the Semitic Alphabets for Arabian, Jewish, Phoenician, Iberian, Sassanian, Arabic, and Mongolian coins; the Indian Alphabets for Indian native, Kutch, Indo-Greek, Kushan, Brahmi, Indian tribal, Gupta, Nepalese, Tibetan, Burmese, and Thailand; and the Chinese for the coins of China, Korea, Annam, and Japan. An indispensable reference for a little-known area of numismatics. Lot weight: 1 lbs 11oz. Subject(s): Ancient, Islamic, Asian Coinage.