SCYTHIANS AND GREEKS. A SURVEY OF ANCIENT HISTORY AND ARCHAEOLOGY ON THE NORTH COAST OF THE EUXINE FROM THE DANUBE TO THE CAUCASUS.
New York: Biblo and Tannen, 1971 reprint. Large 4to, original blue cloth, decorated and lettered in gilt. xl, 720 pages; endpaper and text maps, some folding; 351 text figures, a number depicting jewelry; 9 plates of ancient coins with facing descriptive text. Fine. Item #7042
The useful and well-produced reprint of the rare and impressive 1913 first edition. While numismatics is only one area of its coverage, its treatment of the subject is expert and significant. The coins depicted on the plates are keyed to various collections, many of which are of the highest importance: “The following Persons and Institutions possess important collections of Greek coins from South Russia and to most of them as indicated below I am indebted for casts: H.I.H. the Grand Duke Alexander Michailovich; his is perhaps the richest of all ... The Hermitage ... The Historical Museum at Moscow contains Burachkov’s coins ... The Museum of the Odessa Historical and Archaeological Society ... The Countess Uvarov ... General A.L. Bertier-de-la-Garde ... Dr. I.A. Terlecki ... The British Museum ... The Imperial Cabinet at Vienna ....” Clain-Stefanelli 2624*.
Price: $235.00