Studies in Numismatic Method: Presented to Philip Grierson by C. N. L. Brooke, B. H. I. Stewart, J. G. Pollard, T. R. Volk

By C. N. L. Brooke, B. H. I. Stewart, J. G. Pollard, T. R. Volk

Cash are some of the most ample assets for our research of the earlier, but their price as historic facts is comparatively ignored as a result of a basic lack of understanding of numismatic options. This quantity of essays, provided by means of a circle of acquaintances, colleagues and students operating in Britain, Europe and North the USA, is meant to pay tribute to Philip Grierson's special contribution to the examine of numismatic process. A medievalist via education, via his wide-ranging pursuits in cash and coinage Grierson has commanded the dignity of historians and numismatists of all sessions for the originality and stable feel of his prolific scholarship. greater than the other dwelling student, he has been chargeable for making on hand an realizing of numismatic services to expert and non-specialist audiences.

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Studies in Numismatic Method: Presented to Philip Grierson

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1441a, pi. xlix, no. 15 (Vienna), wrongly attributed to Ptolemy VI; b-c. unpublished (New York; American Numismatic Society). 12 a. Svoronos 220, no. 1339a, pi. xlv, no. 15 (London); b. Svoronos 220, no. 1340a, pi. xlv, no. 16 (London). 13 a. Svoronos 220, no. 1348a, pi. xlv, no. 23 (Athens); b. Svoronos 219 no. 1324a, pi. xlv, no. 2 (Berlin), wrongly attributed to Ptolemy V. 14 a-b. Paphos 33, obv. die no. 57. 15 a-b. Paphos 56, obv. die no. 51. 16 a-b. Paphos 57-58, obv. die no. 65. 17 a. Svoronos 220, no.

Svoronos 238, no. 1441a, pi. xlix, no. 15 (Vienna), wrongly attributed to Ptolemy VI; b-c. unpublished (New York; American Numismatic Society). 12 a. Svoronos 220, no. 1339a, pi. xlv, no. 15 (London); b. Svoronos 220, no. 1340a, pi. xlv, no. 16 (London). 13 a. Svoronos 220, no. 1348a, pi. xlv, no. 23 (Athens); b. Svoronos 219 no. 1324a, pi. xlv, no. 2 (Berlin), wrongly attributed to Ptolemy V. 14 a-b. Paphos 33, obv. die no. 57. 15 a-b. Paphos 56, obv. die no. 51. 16 a-b. Paphos 57-58, obv. die no.

19 Together with the unstruck dumps of electrum: Robinson,' Artemision', 166-167, nos. 1 and 48. 20 An inventory of Greek coin hoards (ed. M. Thompson, O. Morkholm, C. M. Kraay), New York 1973, 155, no. 1154 (pot hoard, Ephesus); 155-156, no. 1158 (Samos); 156, no. 1161 (Hellespont); 158, no. 1176 (Gordion). 21 M. Price, N. Waggoner, Archaic Greek coinage. The Asyut hoard, London 1975, 122; C. M. Kraay, 'The Asyut hoard: some comments on chronology', NC1 xvn 1977, 189-198 at 197. This view may not be subscribed to by H.

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