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Books > Arts & Architecture > Antiques & collectables > Coins, banknotes, medals, seals, numismatics
Art historical studies have hitherto been mostly confined to
sculptures, paintings, furniture and jewellery. Boldly moving away
from the conventional approach to the study of coins as mere
economic entities, the present volume is the first systematic,
comprehensive and analytical study of ancient Indian coins as
objects of art. Coins, like historical monuments, sculptures and
paintings, have a symbolic meaning behind the visual form and
epitomise the socio-religious conditions and the art traditions in
which they emerged. Focusing on the coins of south India, the
study, combining empirical data with theoretical insights, explores
the subtle interrelationships between the steady evolution of
coinage and the simultaneous development of art in this region.
Tracing thematic, iconographic and stylistic affinities between the
art in coins and the art in stone, the study clearly reveals that
as sculptural art was more pervasive than numismatic art, the
latter recurrently felt the impact of the former. Often, the mint
masters and coin makers, faithfully reproduced, on a miniature
scale, specimens of sculpture and architecture on the coins. At the
same time, coins too were rarely featured in other mediums of art.
Probing the metallic composition and the process of production of
the coins of different dynasties and periods, the present study
also analyses the technical constraints of numismatic art. The
volume includes an exhaustive corpus, prepared for the first time
ever, of the symbols and devices on the coins of the major
dynasties of ancient south India. The book will be of interest to
archaeologists, numismatists, art historians and economic
historians.
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Early Russian Coins
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D V Huletski, K M Petrunin, A. M. Fishman
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A fascinating introduction to ancient coins and collecting that is
both an art book and an initiation. Who has ever dreamed of taking
a close look, or perhaps even handling - or, still better, actually
owning - a priceless coin of the ancient world? Minted in electrum,
gold, silver, or bronze, coins were once the booty of conquest, the
substance of princely, royal, and imperial treasures, and are now
the pride of the world's major museums. The collection illustrated
and discussed in this book is a fine demonstration of what can be
accomplished through individual interest, effort, and patience,
plus an awareness that leaves room for spontaneous impulses when
guided by adequate advice and documented counsel. The result is an
accumulated heritage that can be bequeathed to future generations.
The collector known as JDL has always been drawn to beauty and
exemplarity, his choices have been guided by balance and harmony.
Here he presents us with remarkable evidence of the genius of
master engravers of the ancient world who, inspired by the muses,
were the first to forge monetary art and techniques. The examples
illustrated here also reflect another penchant of the man who
collected them - a love of travel, a desire to explore the ancient
world from one end to the other. The geographical scope of this
collection adds further coherence to a set of coins that covers a
thousand-year period starting at the very dawn of coinage in the
sixth century BCE.
Coin Roll Hunting Copper Pennies is the tool you need if you are
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Coin Roll Hunting Lincoln Cents. At our low price you can't go
wrong.
New SECOND EDITION with 27 varieties not in SCBC, including six
design types and thirteen mint issues not in the first edition of
this book, plus updated population indicators. This is an
illustrated guide to the known Irish hammered pennies minted under
the Yorkist kings Edward IV and Richard III. It includes a quick
index to coin markings, a detailed chronology, and over 100
illustrations, including large format photographs of numerous coin
specimens. Jasper Burns is the author of many articles about
ancient coins as well as more than thirty books, including Coin
Stories (Pietas), Great Women of Imperial Rome (Routledge),
Vipsania: A Roman Odyssey (Pietas), and Fossil Collecting in the
Mid-Atlantic States (Johns Hopkins University Press). "I consider
that you have individually tackled a task that most collectors of
Irish coins have avoided or been unable to tackle. And the key to
this was your identifying that many of these coins were languishing
misidentified as English coins, and this combined with the
development of the internet coin market ... has meant that you have
been able to assemble a lot of examples and have been able to start
identifying them by the portraits and styles so that pieces with
virtually no legends can now be properly identified as Irish." -
John Stafford-Langan
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