A Literary and Historical Atlas of Asia - The Original Classic Edition (Paperback)


Finally available, a high quality book of the original classic edition of A Literary and Historical Atlas of Asia. It was previously published by other bona fide publishers, and is now, after many years, back in print.

This is a new and freshly published edition of this culturally important work by J. G. Bartholomew, which is now, at last, again available to you.

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The silver drachms bear on the obverse the portrait of the reigning king, and on the reverse the first king Arsakes seated holding a bow, with a legend in Greek characters which is at first simply (coin of) 'the king Arsakes' (Plate II. 2, drachm of Mithridates I. the Great, 171-138 B.C.), but gradually increases in length till a century later it assumes the form (coin of) 'the king of kings Arsakes, the just, the illustrious, the beneficent, the friend of the Greeks, ' 103 which remains the usual legend. ...At first they were content to issue gold and copper pieces imitated from contemporary Byzantine coins (Plate II. 9, early copper coin of Abd-al-Malik; obverse, figure of the Caliph; reverse, modified Byzantine cross), while their silver pieces were copies of late Sassanian coins (like Plate II. 7), with the addition of bismillah (in the name of God) on the margin.


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Finally available, a high quality book of the original classic edition of A Literary and Historical Atlas of Asia. It was previously published by other bona fide publishers, and is now, after many years, back in print.

This is a new and freshly published edition of this culturally important work by J. G. Bartholomew, which is now, at last, again available to you.

Get the PDF and EPUB NOW as well. Included in your purchase you have A Literary and Historical Atlas of Asia in EPUB AND PDF format to read on any tablet, eReader, desktop, laptop or smartphone simultaneous - Get it NOW.

Enjoy this classic work today. These selected paragraphs distill the contents and give you a quick look inside A Literary and Historical Atlas of Asia:

Look inside the book:

The silver drachms bear on the obverse the portrait of the reigning king, and on the reverse the first king Arsakes seated holding a bow, with a legend in Greek characters which is at first simply (coin of) 'the king Arsakes' (Plate II. 2, drachm of Mithridates I. the Great, 171-138 B.C.), but gradually increases in length till a century later it assumes the form (coin of) 'the king of kings Arsakes, the just, the illustrious, the beneficent, the friend of the Greeks, ' 103 which remains the usual legend. ...At first they were content to issue gold and copper pieces imitated from contemporary Byzantine coins (Plate II. 9, early copper coin of Abd-al-Malik; obverse, figure of the Caliph; reverse, modified Byzantine cross), while their silver pieces were copies of late Sassanian coins (like Plate II. 7), with the addition of bismillah (in the name of God) on the margin.

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Emereo Classics

Country of origin

United States

Release date

March 2013

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First published

March 2013

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Dimensions

246 x 189 x 9mm (L x W x T)

Format

Paperback - Trade

Pages

166

ISBN-13

978-1-4864-3658-3

Barcode

9781486436583

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LSN

1-4864-3658-7



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