Author: Babelon Jean
Title: Great Coins and Medals
Description: Viking, 1958. Unstated. Hardcover. Great Coins and Medals by Babelon, Jean Viking Press, 1958, unstated edition, stamped printed in Austria Hardback in good condition with good dust jacket. Text is clean and unmarked, binding tight. Cloth cover is clean, paper cover in mylar shows little if any signs of wear. This book has 7 chapters on coins dealing mainly with ones that have the human face on them. Chapters are: The human face in Greek Coins, Portraiture on Roman coins and medallions, Portraiture on Byzantine Coins, Portraiture on Sassanid Coins, Distortion of the Human face on Gaulish Coins, Portraiture of Medieval coins and medallions, Renaissance medals 15th-16th century. Over 165 large B&W photos of these coins and medallions. If you interested in ancient to medieval coins the close of the details on these coins will amaze you. Good/Good.

Keywords: COINS, MENTALS, COLLECTING COINS


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