Ancient Coins in North American Collections: Coins of the Holy Land : The Abraham and Marian Sofaer Collection at the American Numismatic Society and the Israel Museum by Gabriela Bijovsky, Yaakov Meshorer and Wolfgang Fischer-Bossert (2013, Hardcover)
The Abraham and Marian Sofaer collection consists of 4,000 coins and related objects produced by the peoples who inhabited the Holy Land from the Persian period in the 5th and 4th centuries BCE through the Crusader Kingdom in the 13th century of the modern era. Assembled over more than 30 years, the collection contains gold, silver and bronze coins of the Persians, Greeks, Samarians, Jews, Nabataeans, Romans, Byzantines, Arabs, and Crusaders. Highlights of the collection include a rich selection of the fractional silver coinage of Samaria; a comprehensive assemblage of the coins of the Hasmonaean and Herodian Jewish dynasties; superb examples of coinage issued during the Jewish revolts from Rome; fully representative runs of the coinages of the cities of Galilee, Samaria, Judaea, Idumaea and the Decapolis under Roman rule; and rare examples of the Umayyad and Abassid coinages produced in Jerusalem and elsewhere. All coins are fully described and illustrated on 238 plates. These volumes will serve as standard reference works for archaeologists, historians and numismatists studying two millennia of the history of the Holy Land.
Product Identifiers
Publisher
American Numismatic Society
ISBN-10
0897222830
ISBN-13
9780897222839
eBay Product ID (ePID)
30513047
Product Key Features
Author
Yaakov Meshorer, Gabriela Bijovsky, Wolfgang Fischer-Bossert
Language
English
Topic
Ancient / General, Coins, Currency & Medals
Additional Product Features
Book Title
Coins of the Holy Land : The Abraham and Marian Sofaer Collection at the American Numismatic Society and the Israel Museum
Series Volume Number
8
Number of Volumes
2 Vols.
Lc Classification Number
Cj573
Copyright Date
2009
Format
Hardcover
Target Audience
College Audience
Dewey Decimal
737.495609
Publication Year
2013
Series
Ancient Coins in North American Collections
Dewey Edition
22
Illustrated
Yes
Genre
Antiques & Collectibles, History
Number of Pages
588 Pages
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