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RUMIANTSEV MUSEUM’S CATALOGUE OF ISLAMIC COINS

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RUMIANTSEV MUSEUM’S CATALOGUE OF ISLAMIC COINS
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Moskovskii Publichnyi i Rumiantsevskii Muzei. НУМИЗМАТИЧЕСКIЙ КАБИНЕТЪ. ВЫПУСКЪ III. КАТАЛОГЪ ВОСТОЧНЫХЪ МОНЕТЪ. Moscow, 1886. 8vo, somewhat later violet cloth, decorated and paneled in blind and in black. (4), 155, (1) pages; 1 photographic plate with tissue guard. Spine sunned; occasional light spotting. Near fine. The complete installment of the Rumiantsev Museum’s catalogue covering their Islamic holdings, most especially important for coins of the Golden Horde. Fraehn had catalogued the collection in 1825. The coins were apparently dispersed in the 1920s. Rare. From the library of Quentin Archer.