BOOKSELLERS: ARMENIAN COINAGE IN THE CLASSICAL PERIOD

Frank L. Kovacs, Armenian Coinage in the Classical Period. 2016.

Classical Numismatic Studies No. 10. Lancaster, PA: Classical Numismatic Group, Inc.

Hardbound with dust jacket. 142 total pp., consisting of 25 pages of introductory material, 57 pages of coin catalog listings, and 34 plates of over 350 photographed coins.

The need for a revised and updated reference for ancient Armenian coins has been evident for many years. Publication has lagged, while long-standing misattributions have hampered the best efforts of classical historians. Armenian Coinage in the Classical Period addresses these problems, and presents many recent discoveries of previously unknown coins. Included are Sophene, Armenia Major, Commagene, Armenia Minor, and coins issued under Seleucid, Parthian, or Roman domination as well as contemporaneous pseudo-autonomous issues. The period covered is from earliest known issues of Arsames of Sophene, after ca. 255 BC, through the reign of Tiridates II, AD 217-252. Kovacs attributes or re-attributes coins to kings and queens to whom no coins were previously assigned, and identifies new dating eras and mints, and removes non-Armenian coins, fakes, and fantasies from the corpus.

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To read the earlier E-Sylum article, see:
NEW BOOK: ARMENIAN COINAGE IN THE CLASSICAL PERIOD (www.coinbooks.org/esylum_v19n32a06.html)

Wayne Homren, Editor

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