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Amphipolis: The Civic Coinage in Silver and Gold by Catherine C. Lorber NEW Copy
Large
format, 22 x 29 cm, 196 pages, 31 superb plates, 7 indices, bibliography and 3 appendices.
Published in Los Angeles in 1990 by Numismatic Fine Arts International, Inc. Hardbound,
brown cloth, gilt letters, dust jacket. A die study of one of ancient Greece's most
artistic coinages, this important corpus records over 100 tetradrachms and more than 150
silver fractions of Amphipolis, with all known die combinations. Illustrated with many
enlargements and comparison pieces. Includes a separate listing of known forgeries.
History of Amphipolis, Hoards, History of Scholarship, Stylistic Overview, Catalogues etc.
A valuable reference for the student of these rare coins. Based on a catalogue compiled by
Willy Schwabacher with a contribution on metrology by Wayne E. McGovern. Out of print and
very hard to obtain. About the author: Catherine C. Lorber, an Associate of the ANS since
1994, resides in Woodland Hills, CA. Ms. Lorber worked for many years as a professional
numismatist, principally with NFA in California and is now active mainly as a consultant
and an independent researcher. Her publication credits include, in addition to numerous
auction catalogues Treasures of Ancient Coinage from the Private Collections of ANS
Members (1996). With Arthur A. Houghton, she is completing a comprehensive catalogue of
Seleucid coin varieties intended to stand as the principal reference on the subject for
scholars and collectors. She is also working on an English language, updated edition of J.
Svoronos, The Coins of the Ptolemies, a book long out of print and difficult for
collectors to use in its Greek language edition. She has also published on Macedonian
weight standards and on the coinage of Larissa in Thessaly. |
