Historia Numorum: A Manual of Greek Numismatics, Parts 1 & 2

This Elibron Classics title is a facsimile reprint of the original edition published by The Clarendon Press in Oxford, 1887, authored by B. V. Head, who at the time was Assistant Keeper of the department of Coins and Medals in the British Museum. A reference manual which is a compendium of ancient coins spanning one-thousand years from the 7th century B.C. to the 3rd century A. D. It has representative examples contained in a condensed form, a sketch of numismatic history of nearly every city, king, or dynasty known to have struck coins throughout the ancient worlds. Book 1 contains the Introduction and detailed listings and pictures of coins of Europe, Book 2 includes the coins of Asia and Africa and the Index.