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Rare Work by Frähn on Islamic Coins in Russia

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Rare Work by Frähn on Islamic Coins in Russia
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Frähn, C.M. BEITRÄGE ZUR MUHAMMEDANISCHEN MÜNZKUNDE AUS ST. PETERSBURG, ODER AUSWAHL SELTENER UND MERKWÜRDIGER, BIS DAHIN UNBEKANNTER MUHAMMEDANISCHEN MÜNZEN AUS DEM KABINET DES KAISERLICH RUSSISCHEN COLLEGIEN-ASSESSORS HERRN G. PFLUG, KURZ ANGEDEUTET. Berlin: hei G. Reimer, (1818). 4to, self-covered. xii, 62 pages; 1 plate engraved by H. Koeck of St. Petersburg, depicting Islamic coins and legends. Lacking original wraps. Partly unopened. Some browning and spotting. Very good. Perhaps the first copy of this work that we have offered. All Frähn’s works are scarce at least, with most being downright rare. Mayer lists no fewer than 81 numismatic works by the prolific Frähn (1782-1851) in his outstanding bibliography of Islamic numismatics. Mayer 545: “Abbasids, Samanids, Seljuqs, Hulagids, Jujids, Timurids, Khwarizmshahs.”