TOP CHINESE COINS.
Hong Kong: Champion, 2010. Tall 4to, original pictorial boards. (4), 152 pages; heavily illustrated in color. Near fine. More
Asian
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THOMAS WILLIAM KINDER & THE JAPANESE IMPERIAL MINT, 1868–1875.
Leiden: Brill, 1999. 8vo, original blue cloth, gilt; jacket. x, 234 pages; 5 plates. Jacket a bit worn; near fine. An interesting cultural study of the employment of Westerners in the Japanese Mint in Meiji Japan and their eventual removal from these positions. More
CAST CHINESE COINS: A HISTORICAL CATALOGUE.
2017. Second edition. 4to, original pictorial card covers. (4), xix, (1), 453, (3) pages; illustrated. Fine. The revised second edition of this standard work. Awarded the Lhotka Prize by the Royal Numismatic Society. More
EARLY JAPANESE COINS.
Gamlingay: 2011. Tall 4to, original printed card covers. 164 pages; illustrated. New. Covers the numismatic history of Japan before the Meiji period (i.e., before 1868). Useful guides to the calligraphy, language, production techniques and historical background are also provided. Intended to be of use to both novice and more advanced..... More
KUSHAN MYSTIQUE.
London: Spink, 2020. 8vo, original pictorial boards. xii, 248 pages; illustrated in color. New. A highly personal examination of the fascinating Kushan empire and its coinage, with much discussion of the chronology of the Kushan kings, their religious system, and the evolution of their coinage. More
TREASURES OF THE GUPTA EMPIRE. A CATALOGUE OF THE COINS OF THE GUPTA DYNASTY.
Lancaster: CNG, 2017. 4to, original pictorial boards; jacket. (6), 429 pages; illustrated in color throughout. New. More
MONNAIES ET JETONS DE L'INDOCHINE FRANÇAISE. 2014 Edition.; Coins and Tokens of French Indochina
Monaco: Éditions Gadoury, 2013. 8vo, original blue leatherette, gilt. 168 pages; well illustrated in color throughout. New. The new standard catalogue on French Indochina. Lists over 800 coins, illustrating 700. More
COINS OF JAPAN.
Yokohama: 1904. First edition. 12mo, original green cloth lettered in gilt. Frontispiece printed in color; (2), xx, 281, (3), 2 pages; portrait plate; color plate of primitive treasure; 25 plates printed in metallic tints; 38 additional plates of coins; text illustrations. Both hinges cracked; spine with small damp-stain near center..... More
EAST ASIA JOURNAL (TUNG YA T’UNG PAO).
Complete set of seven issues (1982–1984), housed in a custom-made red and black linen clamshell box lettered in gilt in Chinese and English. 4to, original printed card covers. Approximately 750 pages total. Issues generally near fine; box as new. A complete set of this scarce publication, essential to students of..... More
CATALOGUS DER MUNTEN EN AMULETTEN VAN CHINA, JAPAN, COREA EN ANNAM, BEHOORENDE TOT DE NUMISMATISCHE VERZAMELING VAN HET BATAVIAASCH GENOOTSCHAP VAN KUNSTEN EN WETENSCHAPPEN.
Batavia & Gravenhage: Landsdrukkerij & M. Nijhoff, 1904. 8vo, contemporary tan half calf with mottled sides; spine with red leather spine label, gilt; marbled endpapers. xxiv, 227, (1) pages. Binding worn, with joints cracked, but sound. Very good. Rare: quite possibly the only copy we have handled. Catalogues nearly 3000..... More
SYLLOGE NUMMORUM GRAECORUM. VOLUME XII: THE HUNTERIAN MUSEUM. UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW. PART I: ROMAN PROVINCIAL COINS. SPAIN–KINGDOMS OF ASIA MINOR. [WITH] PART II: ROMAN PROVINCIAL COINS: CYPRUS–EGYPT.
Oxford: Published for the British Academy, 2004 and 2007. Two volumes. 4to, original matching russet cloth, gilt. (27), (67) + 377, (1) pages; 173 + 158 plates of coins, each with a page of facing descriptive text [second volume plates included in pagination]. Fine. Two parts of this SNG series..... More
LES MONNAIES DE LA CHINE ANCIENNE DES ORIGINES À LA FIN DE L'EMPIRE.
Paris: Les Belles Lettres, 2017. First edition. 8vo, original gold cloth lettered in brown and white; jacket. 685, (3) pages; illustrated in color. New. The new publication on ancient coins of China by François Thierry. Perhaps the most significant work on the subject published in a European language in many..... More
CATALOGUE OF THE COINS IN THE INDIAN MUSEUM CALCUTTA, INCLUDING THE CABINET OF THE ASIATIC SOCIETY OF BENGAL. VOLUME II. PART I: THE SULT¡NS OF DEHLÕ. PART II: CONTEMPORARY DYNASTIES IN INDIA.
New Delhi: Indological Book House, 1972. 8vo, original black cloth; gilt. xii, 280 pages; folding map; 14 + 11 plates; text illustrations. Lakshmi Book Store stamps on flyleaf and title page; near fine. Clain-Stefanelli 10025*, citing the 1907 first edition. More
IN THE TREASURE ROOM OF THE SAKRA KING: VOTIVE COINAGE FROM GANDHARAN SHRINES.
New York: American Numismatic Society, 2022. 4to, original black cloth lettered in silver; jacket. viii, 232 pages; illustrated. New. A remarkable study of the votive copper coinage produced between roughly AD 550 and 1100 by shrines in what is now Pakistan that reveal Hindi, Islamic, Persian and Indic influences. Volume..... More
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INDO-GREEK, INDO-SCYTHIAN AND INDO-PARTHIAN COINS IN THE SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION.
Washington, D.C. 1993. 4to, original blue boards, gilt; jacket. viii, 143, (1) pages; map; 41 plates of coins. Jacket wrinkled; near fine. A significant catalogue, including the coins found in the Malakand Hoard. Daehn 6282. More
INDO-SCYTHIAN COINS AND HISTORY. VOLUME IV: SUPPLEMENT.
Lancaster: CNG, 2006. 4to, original blue boards lettered in silver; jackets. lv, (1), 152 pages; illustrated. New. An important recent work. Daehn 6470. More
MUGHAL NUMISMATICS:REVISITING RARITIES—NEW PERSPECTIVES AND FRESH APPROACH.
Bangalore: Indian Coin Society, 2021. 4to, original pictorial card covers. xi, (1), 211, (1) pages; illustrated in color. New, but were bruised in international transit. A well-illustrated series of 13 essays on various aspects of Mughal numismatics. More
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